Question

can someone help me?

Answer 1

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 Sun and the shooting star. Using complete sentences, explain how the scientist can use only these two measurements to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun.

Answer 2

@No.name @ganeshie8

Answer 3

Ever heard about the pythogaras theorem

Answer 4

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Answer 5

Good

Answer 6

So now what do i do?

Answer 7

Wait

Answer 8

ok

Answer 9

here y is the hypotenuse , am i right or incorrect

Answer 10

no your right

Answer 11

With respect to angle x the distance between Earth and Sun is adjacent? right?

Answer 12

Don't hesitate to ask me if you do not feel so

Answer 13

i thought that was from the earth to shooting star?

Answer 14

and i thought the distance from earth to sun is opposite

Answer 15

If you a ball that is opposite to you it means it is infront of you
So in a triangle the opposite side is one which is infront of the angle :)

Answer 16

of okay i understand so from earth to shooting star is opposite and earth to sun is adjacent?

Answer 17

exactly!!!

Answer 18

So you know the distance y ( distance between Sun and shooting star which is y )
You know the angle which is x
You want to find out distance between Earth and sun

Answer 19

Do you know trigonometry ratios like
sin , cos , tan

Answer 20

i studied them