Question

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 Sun and the shooting star.

Answer 1

cos x = y / AC

here y = distance between earth and the sun
and AC = distance between the shooting star and the sun

would i use that as my answer?

Answer 2

That works yes :)

Answer 3

thank you :D