Question

While flying a kite, 400 ft of string was let out. The string ,when pulled tight, formed a 40 angle with the ground .What was the approximate height of the kite

Answer 1

257 ft

Explanation:

You know based upon soh that sin=opp/hyp

So drawing a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 400 ft and an angle of 40° with the ground, you can see that sin40=x/400

Multiply both sides to find your x value or height which is 257.