The curved edge of the door mat below is half an ellipse, a "semi-ellipse". As shown in the fiqure below, the flat edge of the door mat measures 168 cm and the distance from the center (on the flat edge) to the curved edge is 48 cm, The point p is located 19 cm from the center. Find the distance from p to the curved edge. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. Do not round any intermediate computations. -168 cm center cm ? 19 cm 48 cm

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The curved edge of the door mat below is half an ellipse, a "semi-ellipse". As shown in the figure below, the flat edge of the door mat measures 168 cm and the
distance from the center (on the flat edge) to the curved edge is 48 cm. The point p is located 19 cm from the center. Find the distance from p to the curved
edge.
Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. Do not round any intermediate computations.
-168 cm-
center
cm
19 cm
48 cm
Transcribed Image Text:The curved edge of the door mat below is half an ellipse, a "semi-ellipse". As shown in the figure below, the flat edge of the door mat measures 168 cm and the distance from the center (on the flat edge) to the curved edge is 48 cm. The point p is located 19 cm from the center. Find the distance from p to the curved edge. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. Do not round any intermediate computations. -168 cm- center cm 19 cm 48 cm
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