Problema Solution
brittany is flying a kite with an angle of elevation of 55 degrees. the kite is 100 feet off the ground. how much string has she left out, the closest foot?
Answer provided by our tutors
as this form a right angle triangle with height=100feet and angle of hyp with base=55
thus
sin(55)=height/length of string
=> length of string=height/sin(55)=100/0.819=122 feet