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Please help! A shooting star forms a right triangle with the Earth and the sun as shown below: A scientist measures the angle x and the distance y between the Earth and the sun. Using complete sentences, explain how the scientist can use only these two measurements to calculate the distance between the Earth and the shooting star.

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