Question

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