Question

PLEASE HELP! WILL FAN & MEDAL :):)
A shooting star forms a right triangle with the Earth and the Sun, as shown below:

A right triangle is shown with the vertices labeled Earth, Sun, and Shooting Star. The angle formed by the Sun is labeled x degrees and the side between the Shooting Star and the Sun is labeled y.

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 1

When starting off this equation I first figure out which trig function (sin,cos or tan)
and i know i use tan, i labeled the distance from the earth to the sun as ES
which gives me: tan(x)=y/ES


but now Im stuck...