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OpenStudy (flvskidd):

Can someone help me?

OpenStudy (flvskidd):

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

OpenStudy (flvskidd):

OpenStudy (ybarrap):

Does this make sense? "r" is the distance from the sun to the shooting star. |dw:1434071106281:dw| Tell me in words what we did here.

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