SOLUTION: A kite is flying on 369 feet of string. How high is it above the ground if its height is 279 feet more than the horizontal distance from the person flying it? Assume the string
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Question 1192075: A kite is flying on 369 feet of string. How high is it above the ground if its height is 279 feet more than the horizontal distance from the person flying it? Assume the string is being released at ground level.
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Draw the right-triangle figure as described, and you may have by using Pythagorean Theorem Formula, for x distance horizontally along the ground.
If you would prefer, you might do as for y, the distance height above the ground.
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