SOLUTION: A boy flying a kite lets out 300 inches of string ,which makes an angle of 38 degrees with his hand.If the boy is 4 feet 7 inches tall 55 inches total ,and you assume that the stri

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Question 1061159: A boy flying a kite lets out 300 inches of string ,which makes an angle of 38 degrees with his hand.If the boy is 4 feet 7 inches tall 55 inches total ,and you assume that the string is straight and the ground is level ,how high above the ground is the kite?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Ignoring the boy's height, the height above
ground for the kite is:
+300%2Asin%28+38+%29+=+300%2A.61566+
+300%2Asin%2838+%29+=+184.7+ in
Now add in the boy's height
+184.7+%2B+55+=+239.7+ in above ground

Answer by MathTherapy(10555) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A boy flying a kite lets out 300 inches of string ,which makes an angle of 38 degrees with his hand.If the boy is 4 feet 7 inches tall 55 inches total ,and you assume that the string is straight and the ground is level ,how high above the ground is the kite?
This is such a STUPID question, and can only be solved if the boy's hand, with the string, was placed on top of his head.

Who writes these problems? These people certainly know how to create ridiculous and unrealistic scenarios. Stupid, stupid, stupid!

I sure hope that they'll desist from incorporating these STUPID scenarios into math problems.