document.write( "Question 1206087: You are flying a kite and have let out 80 m of string. The kite’s angle of elevation with the ground is 40°. If the string is stretched straight, how high is the kite above the ground?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if you sketch it, you have right angle triangle where the length of the string is hypotenuse, the height is the opposite leg to the given angle of elevation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"sin%2840%29=h%2F80\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"h=80%2Asin%2840%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "answer: the kite is approximately \"51.4\" meters above the ground\r
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