You observe a meteor from two different locations a & b that are 8000 miles apart. the difference in viewing angles is 10 degrees. how far away is the meteor?

here distance between two meteor is considered to be in straight arc of distance

d = 8000 miles

angle subtended at our position is given as

now we can use the equation

now we can substitute all values in it

so the distance is 45836.6 miles

prolly a beacuse the momentuem the car has increases while going down hill