Question

Charlie is flying a kite one afternoon and steps on the end of the string to have hishands free to take a picture. The string is 135 feet long and forms a 68-degree anglewith the ground. How high is his kite at this time? Round to the nearest foot, andenter the number only.AV

Answer 1

The string of the kite, ground and hieght of the kite makes the right angle triangle.

The hypotenuse side of triangle is 135 feet long.

Determine the height of the kite by usng the trigonometry.

$\begin{gathered} \sin 68=\frac{h}{135} \\ h=0.9272\cdot135 \\ =125.172 \\ \approx125 \end{gathered}$

So answer is 125 feet.