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-The planets in a certain solar system have a path that is an ellipse, with Star A as one of the foci. Planet XX has a perihelion of 588.6 million miles and an aphelion of 631.8 miles. Find an equation for Planet X's orbit. Express your answer with aa and bb in millions of miles, rounded to the nearest tenth of a million.


A) x2610.22+y2609.82=1\frac{x^{2}}{610.2^{2}}+\frac{y^{2}}{609.8^{2}}=1

B) x2609.22+y2610.82=1\frac{x^{2}}{609.2^{2}}+\frac{y^{2}}{610.8^{2}}=1

C) x2610.82+y2609.22=1\frac{x^{2}}{610.8^{2}}+\frac{y^{2}}{609.2^{2}}=1

D) x2609.82+y2610.22=1\frac{\mathrm{x}^{2}}{609.8^{2}}+\frac{\mathrm{y}^{2}}{610.2^{2}}=1

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