Question

Mary is flying a kite and has let out 50 yards of kite string. Mary’s kite is directly above Erika.

If Erika is 35 yards away from Mary, how high is the kite directly above Erika?

Answer 1

The distance of Erika from kite directly is 35.71 yards

Step-by-step explanation:

Considering the given situation as a right triangle with string as hypotenuse and the distance between both girls as base

So,

$h = 50\ yards\\b = 35\ yards$

As the triangle is a right triangle, we can use pythagoras theorem to solve this problem.

$h^2 = b^2 + p^2\\p^2 = h^2 - b^2\\p^2 = (50)^2 - (35)^2\\p^2 = 2500-1225\\p^2 = 1275\\\sqrt{p^2} = \sqrt{1275}\\p = 35.707\ yards$

Rounding off to nearest hundredth

=> 35.71 yards

Hence,

The distance of Erika from kite directly is 35.71 yards

Keywords: Triangle, Pythagoras

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