Asked by Ariel
how do you make a sketch of the earth, moon, and sun during a solar eclipse so that your sketch contains similar triangles?
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Answered by
drwls
See the first figure at
http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/why.html
Add to it vertical lines across the sun and moon connecting the points where other lines are tangent.
You should see many similar triangles in the resulting figure.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/why.html
Add to it vertical lines across the sun and moon connecting the points where other lines are tangent.
You should see many similar triangles in the resulting figure.
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