The initial value is how much he starts out with, and it says he has $32
So the initial value is B, $32
The positions of the sun, earth and shooting star form a right angled triangle, where distance between earth and sun is 'y', and the angle 'x°' is given
Now, in a right angled triangle using trigonometry, we can determine a side of the triangle is one of the sides and one of the angles is known
Here, if we use cos x = 
we can determine the distance between the shooting star and the sun. This can be done because we know that the base is 'y', the angle is x° and the hypotenuse represents the distance between the sun and the shooting star
Note: cos values for each x are definite.
Hwong could fill 12 packets of coffee in small boxes:
He has 10 boxes, so 10 x 12 = 120 packets total
Hwong's packets of coffee in the large boxes:
He can fit 50 packets into the boxes, so 120/50 = 2 large boxes and a remaining 20 packets of coffee
Therefore, Hwong can fit 12 packets of coffee to 1 small box and 8 packets to the other small box
