document.write( "Question 1208979: A boy flying a kite lets out 300 feet of string which makes an angle of 38° with the ground. Assuming that the string is straight, how high above the ground is the kite? Round to the nearest foot \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "A boy flying a kite lets out 300 feet of string which makes an angle of 38° with the ground.
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document.write( "In this problem, you have a right triangle, its hypotenuse of 300 ft long\r\n" );
document.write( "and the angle of 38°, opposite to the height (=altitude) h, which is an unknown.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, use the definition of the sine\r\n" );
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document.write( "    sin(38°) = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "and find the height\r\n" );
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document.write( "    h =  =  = 184.7  feet  (rounded).\r\n" );
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