A line between the Death Star and the rebel base on the moon Yavin IV would...

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A line between the Death Star and the rebel base on the moonYavin IV would not only run through the exact center of Yavin, butis 783 thousand kilometers long. If the Death Star could travel ina straight line to the “Bad Place” (the spot where it can blow upthe rebels) it would travel 696 thousand kilometers. It is veryconvenient to this problem and to the plot of the movie that theangle between these two paths is 70 degrees.

a. What is the angle that the Death Star must turn at the “BadPlace” so that the laser points at Yavin IV?

b. What is the distance from the “Bad Place” to the moon YavinIV?

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