SOLUTION: a kite is flying at the end of a string that has a length of 250 meters. the string makes an angle of 65 degrees with the ground. how high above the ground is the kite?
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Question 645449: a kite is flying at the end of a string that has a length of 250 meters. the string makes an angle of 65 degrees with the ground. how high above the ground is the kite?
Answer by sachi(548) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the kite makes a right triangle with string 250 m as hypotenuse & height as perpendicular
so sin65=p/250
or height = p=250sin65=207 m
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