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OpenStudy (anonymous):

help!?!?! The moon forms a right triangle with the Earth and the sun during one of its phases, as shown below

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A scientist measures the angle x and the distance y between the Earth and the moon. Using complete sentences, explain how the scientist can use only these two measurements to calculate the distance between the Earth and the sun.

OpenStudy (shamil98):

|dw:1387873237470:dw| to find z ( distance from earth to sun you can use the tangent function, since the hypotenuse is not given.. tan x = z/y

OpenStudy (shamil98):

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