SOLUTION: A boy flying a kite lets out 300 feet of string which makes an angle of 38 degrees with the ground. Assuming that the string is straight, how high above the ground is the kite?
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Question 872288: A boy flying a kite lets out 300 feet of string which makes an angle of 38 degrees with the ground. Assuming that the string is straight, how high above the ground is the kite? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A boy flying a kite lets out 300 feet of string which makes an angle of 38 degrees with the ground. Assuming that the string is straight, how high above the ground is the kite?
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Draw the picture.
You have a right triangle with
base angle = 38 degrees
hypotenuse = 300 ft.
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Find height:
sin(38) = height/300
height = 300*sin(38) = 184.7 ft
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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