The figure shows the elliptical orbit of Mars, where each unit of the coordinate plane represents one million kilometers. As shown, the planet's maximum distance from the sun is 249 million kilometers and its minimum distance from the sun is 207 million kilometers. Tje sun is at one focus of the ellipse and the center of the ellipse is at (0,0). The coordinates of the sun are (?,0).

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dumbcow · Answer

249+207 = 456
this is length of major axis

1/2 * 456 = 228
228 - 207 = 21
this is distance from center to sun

--> (-21,0)