Diana looks up at an angle of 57 and sees a hot air balloon 150 meters away. To the nearest meter, what is the value of x, the height of the hot air balloon above Diana's head? (Show work on paper)

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Shome asked Oct 21, 2022

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Diana looks up at an angle of 57 and sees a hot air balloon 150 meters away. To the nearest meter, what is the value of x,

the height of the hot air balloon above Diana's head? (Show work on paper)

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Answer:

126m

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Use sine because we want to find the opposite length but only know the hypotenuse.

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230.98 meters

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