An ellipse in space

Calculus Level 3

An ellipse is specified parametrically as

p ( t ) = r C + v 1 cos t + v 2 sin t \mathbf{p}(t) = \mathbf{r_C} + \mathbf{v_1} \cos t + \mathbf{v_2} \sin t

where r C = ( 10 , 5 , 10 ) , v 1 = ( 8 , 4 , 1 ) \mathbf{r_C} = (10, 5, -10) , \mathbf{v_1} = (8,4,1) and v 2 = ( 2 , 3 , 4 ) \mathbf{v_2} = (-2,3,4) . Find the minimum and maximum distance from any point on the ellipse to the fixed point p 0 = ( 5 , 10 , 15 ) \mathbf{p_0} = (5,10, 15) . Report the sum of the minimum and maximum distances.


The answer is 52.196.

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