SOLUTION: betty is flying a kite she has 150 feet of string out and the string makes a angle of 65 degrees with the ground how high above the ground is the kite. i have no idea what to do an

Question 438523: betty is flying a kite she has 150 feet of string out and the string makes a angle of 65 degrees with the ground how high above the ground is the kite. i have no idea what to do and i have been trying for 1 hour and 37 minutes when i remembered my teacher told me about this website if i had trouble.
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the kite string is the hypotenuse of a right triangle formed by the string , the height of the kite ,
and a line on the ground under the string

the height of the kite, divided by the length of the string, is the sine of 65�

h / 150 = sin(65�) ___ h = (150)[sin(65�)]
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