Calculation of the distance to a star

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Question: Throughout much of Astro 291/292, we will make the "small angle" assumption that tan θ = sin θ = θ. To examine whether this approach leads to significant errors, determine the distance at which this assumption will lead to an error of 1% in the calculation of the distance to a star.

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