Question

The angle of elevation of a flying kite is 65 44'47". If the other end of the 132-foot long string attached to the kite is tied to the ground, what is the approximate heightof the kite?

Answer 1

Solution

We can do the following:

The angle is given by:

65 +44/60 + 47/3600= 65.746º

We can create this figure:

We can solve for h and we got:

$\sin 65.746=\frac{h}{132}$

Solving for h we got:

$h=132\cdot\sin 65.746=120.349ft$