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A comet’s path (as it approaches the sun) can be modeled by one branch of the hyperbola , where the sun is at the focus of that part of the hyperbola. Each unit of the coordinate system is 1 million miles. Find the coordinates of the sun (assuming it is at the focus with non-negative coordinates). Round to the nearest hundredth. How close does the comet come to the sun?

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