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A kite with a 100 foot-long string is caught in a tree. When the full length of the string is stretched in a straight line to the ground, it touches the ground a distance of 30 feet from the bottom of the tree. Find the measure of the angle between the kite string and the ground.

17°
27°
63°
73°

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A kite with a 100 foot-long string is caught in a tree. When the full length of the string is stretched in a straight line to the ground, it touches the ground a distance of 30 feet from the bottom of the tree. Find the measure of the angle between the kite string and the ground.

17°

27°

63°

73°

ANSWER

73 is the answer you are looking for

User Itslittlejohn
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Hello there.

A kite with a 100 foot-long string is caught in a tree. When the full length of the string is stretched in a straight line to the ground, it touches the ground a distance of 30 feet from the bottom of the tree. Find the measure of the angle between the kite string and the ground.

Answer: 73°


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