document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1115980>Question 1115980</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A kite is flying on the end of a 17 m string which makes an angle of 41° to the horizontal. What is the kite's height above the ground? Assume that the string is taut and held 1 m above the ground, and that the ground is horizontal. Give your answer as a number of metres (not in scientific notation) and to two significant figures.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I've calculated it as 11 m but i think i'm missing out on something </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #730808 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=730808\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The string length from person's hand to the kite is the hypotenuse of a right triangle.  How high the kite is one of the legs, the leg wanted.  Angle opposite this leg is given.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If y is the  height of the kite then  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y%2F17=sin%2841%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y%2F17=sin%2841%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=17%2Asin%2841%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=17%2Asin%2841%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >----------do what you need.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " the string is taut and held 1 m above the ground,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That part means, you are looking for y+1.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "answer as a number of metres (not in scientific notation) and to two significant figures. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you calculator shows you 12.1530034928386 with maybe further digits after that, but you want TWO SIGNIFICANT FIGURES, then you want  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2812%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2812%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the instructions said, \"to the nearest hundredth\" then you would report  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12.15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12.15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > meters. </SPAN>\n" );
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