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OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

The Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus devised a method for determining the sizes of the orbits of planets farther from the sun than Earth. His method involved noting the number of days between the times that a planet was in the positions labeled A and B in the diagram. Using this time and the number of days in each planet’s year, he calculated c and d.

OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

@ganeshie8

OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

@thomaster

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

do u see a right triangle in that cosmic jungle ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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OpenStudy (highschoolmom2010):

yes

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

lets solve question A first :- say, x is the distance between Sun and Mars

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