A man is lying on the beach, flying a kite. He holds the end of the kite string at ground level and estimates the angle of elevation of the kite to be 55°. If the string is 195 m long, how high is the

Ana Franco asked Jan 7, 2022

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Ana Franco asked Jan 7, 2022

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This question uses trig

sin(55) = height/195

Therefore, height = 195sin(55) meters (just plug in calculator)

Svena answered Jan 12, 2022

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