SOLUTION: A boy flying a kite is standing 30m from a point directly under the kite. It kite's string is 50m long, find the angle of elevation of the kite. Use your imagination and trigonomet

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Question 1085599: A boy flying a kite is standing 30m from a point directly under the kite. It kite's string is 50m long, find the angle of elevation of the kite. Use your imagination and trigonometric ratoratios
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the sine function
+sin%28+theta+%29+=+30%2F50+
+sin%28+theta+%29+=+.6+
Now use the inverse sine function
to find angle +theta+ in degrees
+theta+=+arcsin%28+.6+%29+
+theta+=+36.87+ degrees