Question

HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP PLAASE Kiran stakes his kite into the ground. The kite is on a string that is 18 ft long and makes a 30 degree angle with the ground. How high is the kite? Explain or show your thinking by filling in the spots below.

Answer 1

blank1: 9

blank2: 30°

blank3: 60°

blank4: 90°

blank5: half

Explanation:

The 30°-60°-90° triangle has some great shortcuts associated with it (there are math reasons, trig reasons for these shortcuts)

One of these great shortcuts is that the short leg is half the hypotenuse (or the hypotenuse is double the short leg)

For your question, the kite string, 18ft, is the hypotenuse. The kite height is half that--9ft.

see image.