Question

can someone help me please? WILL AWARD MEDAL AND FAN.

Answer 1

@jigglypuff314

Answer 2

can you put it in paragraph form?

Answer 3

you find the hypotenuse which is the distance from the sun and the shooting star. understand so far?

Answer 4

ok...

Answer 5

using the pythagorean theorem x^2 + y^2 = the hyptenuse

Answer 6

ok. then what does the scientist have to do?

Answer 7

he needs to find the distance from the earth to the sun and the distance from the earth to the shooting star. does that answer your question?

Answer 8

not really.

Answer 9

how would i put that in a paragraph? (as we can see, im bad in math AND english:/)

Answer 10

to find the distance from the sun and the shooting star the scientist needs to find the distance from the earth to the sun. to do that the scientist needs to know the distance from the earth to the shooting star using the Pythagorean theorem.

Answer 11

i am not finished

Answer 12

oh ok

Answer 13

knowing that it is a right triangle, you add x and 90, then subtract that to 180 so you would know the other angle. If the two angles are the same then y is same to the distance from the earth to the shooting star. If that is the case, the distance from the shooting star and the sun is (y^2)*2= distance from the shooting star and the sun.^2
^= squared *=multiply

Answer 14

is this all right

Answer 15

yeah i think
from what i learned i think its right.
can you helo me with more?

Answer 16

if it is quick yes

Answer 17

ok great thanks

Answer 18

@guoalice8

Answer 19

sorry i don't know