SOLUTION: A kite on a 250 foot string makes a 58° angle with the ground. What is the height of the kite above the ground to the nearest foot?
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Question 153789: A kite on a 250 foot string makes a 58° angle with the ground. What is the height of the kite above the ground to the nearest foot? Answer by orca(409) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! From the kite, draw a line perpendicular to the ground.
In the right triangle,
The length of the hypotenuse is 250.
The angle between the hypotenuse and one leg of the right triangle is 58°.
So the length of the other leg is:
250*sin58°=212
Thus the height is 212 ft.
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