Question

Kailyn is flying a kite at the park. The angle of depression from the top of the kite to the ground is 53° and the length of the string is 23 feet. If Kailyn is 5 feet tall, how far off the ground is the kite?

Answer 1

The figure can be drawn as,

The value of height of the kite from the ground can be determined as,

$\begin{gathered} AE=AC+CE \\ =23\sin 53^{\circ}_{_{}}+5 \\ =23.36ft \end{gathered}$

Thus, the height of the kite from the ground is 23.36 ft.