c.
d.
e.
____ 25. Suppose a cable of a suspension bridge is suspended (in the shape of a parabola) between
two towers that are 240 meters apart and 40 meters above the roadway as shown in the figure given
below. The cable touches the roadway midway between the towers. Find the length of the parabolic
supporting cable. Round your answer to two decimal places.
280.79 meters
327.58 meters
291.18 meters
245.71 meters
256.75 meters
____ 26. Uranus moves in an elliptical orbit with the sun at one of the foci. The length of the half of
the major axis is 2,876,769,540 kilometers, and the eccentricity is 0.0444. Find the minimum
distance (perihelion) of Uranus from the sun. Round your answer to nearest kilometer.
3,004,498,108 km
2,749,040,972 km
2,819,234,149 km
127,728,568 km
2,934,304,931 km
____ 27. Earth moves in an elliptical orbit with the sun at one of the foci. The length of the half of
the major axis is 149,598,000 kilometers, and the eccentricity is 0.0167. Find the maximum
distance (aphelion) of Earth from the sun. Round your answer to nearest kilometer.
146,606,040 km
2,498,287 km
152,589,960 km
152,096,287 km
147,099,713 km