Question

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 deg

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.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

a right triangle is 90 degrees

Answer 3

@timmyspu

Answer 4

just you need to know what trigonometric function equal opposite divide adjacent

Answer 5

tanget

Answer 6

perfect

Answer 7

thanks

Answer 8

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