Question

A man flies a kite with a 100 ft string. The angle of elevation of the string is 50degrees. How high off of the ground is the kite?

Answer 1

We will determine the y-component of the angle[Distance from the ground] as follows:

`y_c=100\sin (50)\Rightarrow y_c=76.60444431`

From this, we know that the kite is approximately 76.60 ft from the ground.