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Sam is flying a kite. The length of the kite string is 80 meters, and it makes an angle of 75° with the ground. The height of the kite from the ground is (20.27,61,77.27) meters.
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Sam is flying a kite. The length of the kite string is 80 meters, and it makes an angle of 75° with the ground. The height of the kite from the ground is (20.27,61,77.27) meters.

User Tanzil Khan
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We have to calculate the height of the kite from the ground.
Using trigonometry:
sin 75° = h / 80
h = 80 · sin 75°
h = 80 · 0.96529
Answer:
h = 77.27 m
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