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Ashooting 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 sun. using complete sentences, explain how the scientist can use only these two measurements to calculate the distance between the sun and the shooting star. (10 points)


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