Answer:
- The scientist can use these two measurements to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun by applying one of the trigonometric functions: Cosine of an angle.
- The scientist can substitute these measurements into
and solve for the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's assume that the right triangle formed is like the one shown in the figure attached, where "d" represents the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
Then:
The scientist can use only these two measurements to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun by applying one of the trigonometric functions: Cosine of an angle.
The scientist can substitute these measurements into
, and solve for the distance "d".
Knowing that:

Then:

And solving for "d":

35.3147 that's how many cubic feet are in 1 cubic meters
Initial investment was when x=0, when no change had occured
c(0)=7(0)^2-6(0)+5
c(0)=5
this is in thousands
5*1000=5000
answer is $5000 is initial