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John let out 50 foot of kite string when he observes that his kite is directly above a point on the ground 30 feet away from him, how high is the kite ? A) 35 ft B) 37 ft C) 40 ft D) 45 ft

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40ft .use pythagoras theorem taking 50ft as your hypotenuse and 30ft as your adjacent
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The answer is 40  ft. I imagined this question as a triangle and used the Pythagorean theorem to solve it.
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