SOLUTION: A kite is flying on 369 feet of string. How high is it above the ground if its height is 279 feet more than the horizontal distance from the person flying​ it? Assume the string

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Question 1192075: A kite is flying on 369 feet of string. How high is it above the ground if its height is 279 feet more than the horizontal distance from the person flying​ it? Assume the string is being released at ground level.
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Draw the right-triangle figure as described, and you may have by using Pythagorean Theorem Formula, %28x%2B279%29%5E2%2Bx%5E2=369%5E2 for x distance horizontally along the ground.

If you would prefer, you might do as y%5E2%2B%28y-279%29%5E2=369%5E2 for y, the distance height above the ground.