SOLUTION: A kite is tied to a string of length 32 m. It is hovering in the air 24 m directly above the ground. What is the angle that the string makes with the horizontal?
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Question 1070337: A kite is tied to a string of length 32 m. It is hovering in the air 24 m directly above the ground. What is the angle that the string makes with the horizontal?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
sine of the angle is .
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