Question

Rob is flying a kite with a string that makes a 70-degree angle with the ground. If the kite string is 27 meters long, how high is the kite above the ground?

(Please use the exact ratio to calculate the missing side and round your answer to the nearest hundredth.)

The kite is meters above the ground.

Answer 1

25.37

Explanation:

Use SOH or Sin∅=
`(opposite)/(hypotenuse)`

So Sin(70)=
`(x)/(27)`

Multiply both sides of the equation to end up with 27Sin(70)=x

Plug into your calculator in degrees and you get 25.37m