SOLUTION: A boy is flying a kite and is standing 30ft from a point directly under the kite. If the string to the kite is 50 feet long, find the angle of the elevation of the kite.

SOLUTION: A boy is flying a kite and is standing 30ft from a point directly under the kite. If the string to the kite is 50 feet long, find the angle of the elevation of the kite.

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Question 43120: A boy is flying a kite and is standing 30ft from a point directly under the kite. If the string to the kite is 50 feet long, find the angle of the elevation of the kite.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you construct the proper triangle diagram, you find the angle of elevation (let it be q) to be the arc cosine of 30/50...
so cos q = 3/5
q = cos^(-1) 3/5
q = 53.1�
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