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OpenStudy (flvskidd):

A shooting star forms a right triangle with earth and the sun, as shown below:

OpenStudy (flvskidd):

OpenStudy (flvskidd):

I'm pretty sure I would be using cosine. I am only unsure about the part that asks to explain why you can only use the measurements x and y to find the distance between the sun and the shooting star,

OpenStudy (flvskidd):

Anyone here?

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