SOLUTION: Alison lets out 50 ft of twine on her kite. The angle of elevation is 55 degrees. How high above Alison's habds is the kite? Use sine, cosine, or tangent.

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Question 603888: Alison lets out 50 ft of twine on her kite. The angle of elevation is 55 degrees. How high above Alison's habds is the kite? Use sine, cosine, or tangent.
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Alison lets out 50 ft of twine on her kite. The angle of elevation is 55 degrees. How high above Alison's habds is the kite? Use sine, cosine, or tangent.
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sin(55) = h/50
h = 50*sin(55)
h =~ 40.96 ft