A kite is stuck in a 36-ft tree. If the angle of elevation from the kite and the ground is 12, find the length of the kite.

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yanalaym [24]3 years ago

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Answer:

173.15 ft.

Step-by-step explanation:

Please find the attachment.

Let L be the length of kite.

We have been given that a kite is stuck in 36-ft tree. The angle of elevation from the kite and the ground is 12.

We can see from our attachment that kite and tree form a right triangle. height of tree is opposite of angle of elevation and length of kite is hypotenuse.

Since we know that Sine relates the opposite and hypotenuse of a right triangle, so we will use sine to find the length of kite.

$sin(12)=\frac{36}{L}$

$L=\frac{36}{sin(12)}$

$L=\frac{36}{0.207911690818}$

$L=173.1504364105882792\approx 173.15$

Therefore, the length of kite is 173.15 ft.

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