SOLUTION: Sara is flying a kite at the park.The angle of elevation from Serato kite in the Sky is 53 and the length Of the string 32 feet, If Sarah is 5 feet tall, how far 0ff the ground is

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Question 1105684: Sara is flying a kite at the park.The angle of elevation from Serato kite in the Sky is 53 and the length Of the string 32 feet, If Sarah is 5 feet tall, how far 0ff the ground is the kite?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, stanbon:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Sara is flying a kite at the park.The angle of elevation from Serato kite in the Sky is 53 and the length Of the string 32 feet, If Sarah is 5 feet tall, how far 0ff the ground is the kite?
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Hypotenuse = 32 feet
Vertical distance from her hand to the kite = 32*sin(53)
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Add the height of her hand holding the string. Few people hold it on the tops of their heads, if any.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Sara is flying a kite at the park.The angle of elevation from Serato kite in the Sky is 53 and the length Of the string 32 feet, If Sarah is 5 feet tall, how far 0ff the ground is the kite?
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Sketch the situation.
Ground is a line at zero elevation.
String is held at 5 ft elevation at an angle of 53 degrees
You have a right triangle with base at 5 ft above the ground.
Hypotenuse is 32 ft.
Find the height of the triangle::
height = 32*sin(53) = 25.56 ft
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Ans: height above the ground = 25.56 + 5 = 30.56 ft
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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