A Small Submarine Is in a Narrow Underwater Canyon 30

question 12

Multiple Choice

A small submarine is in a narrow underwater canyon 30 feet above the bottom searching for two sunken ships that are known to be 500 feet apart on the canyon floor. The sonar indicates that one of the wrecks is on the bottom in front of the sub, 475 feet from the nose of the sub, and the other wreck is on the bottom directly behind the sub, 75 feet from the nose. The difference in the distance from the wrecks to the sub is constant on a hyperbola having the wrecks as foci. Assume the two wrecks are positioned on a rectangular coordinate system at points with coordinates (-250, 0) and (250, 0) as shown in the figure. Find the x-coordinate of the position of the submarine. (Round to the nearest whole number, if necessary.)

• A) x = 150
• B) x = 250
• C) x = 38,400
• D) x = 200
• E) x = 204

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