You can picture this as a right angle triangle, with the string being the hypotenuse.
You are given the height of the triangle (36 feet), which is also the length of the perpendicular side that is opposite the 58 degree angle. Since you have the opposite side and want to find the hypotenuse's length, you have to use the trigonometric ratio of sin
sin 58 = opposite/hypotenuse sin 58 = 36/hypotenuse Hypotenuse = 36/sin 58 Just punch those numbers into your calculator and you should get an answer of around 42.5 feet
