Question

abby has let out 42 meters of kite string when she observed that her kite is directly above christiana. if abby is 8.5 meters from christina what is the angle of elevation of the kite

Answer 1

78 degrees

Explanation:

this is a situation where you have a right triangle and know the hypotenuse and adjacent side lengths, so you can use cos⁻¹

cos⁻¹(8.5/42) = 78.3 degrees