document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=830457>Question 830457</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a kite flying 200 feet above the ground is attached to a string that is 300 feet long tied to a stake on the ground. Approximate the angle of elevation formed by the string and the ground to the nearest degree.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I believe you need to use the reciprocal so something along the lines of cos-1=(200/300) or flip the two in the parentheses but I get an answer of .026 which I feel cannot be right. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #500640 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=500640\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The angle the string makes with the ground is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the angle whose sine is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+200%2F300+=+2%2F3+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+200%2F300+=+2%2F3+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the angle is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+a+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+a+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, the<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On my calculator:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To the nearest degree, that is 42 degrees<BR>\n" );
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