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Sheila is flying a kite with 250 feet of her string let out. The angle the kite line makes with a line parallel to the ground is 45°. Sheila is 5 feet tall to her eye level.

What is the altitude of the kite?

Round the answer to the nearest whole number.



130 ft

177 ft

182 ft

222 ft

User Erico
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The answer is 182 ft
because↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
h = 5 + 250 · sin 45°
h = 5 + 250 · √2 / 2
h = 5 + 250 · 0.7071 = 5 + 176.77 = 181.77 = 182 ft
User Setu Kumar Basak
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the answer would be 182..i already answerd but i need the 40 points

User Rorra
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