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OpenStudy (zachnovo15):

Can somebody help me please. Medal and fan 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 Earth and the Shooting Star is labeled y. A scientist measures the angle x and the distance y between the Earth 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.

OpenStudy (benthicflare):

Do you know trigonometric identities? Cosine, sine, tangent?

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