Sheila is flying a kite with 250 feet of her string let out. The angle the kite line makes with a line parallel to the ground is

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Sheila is flying a kite with 250 feet of her string let out. The angle the kite line makes with a line parallel to the ground is

45°. Sheila is 5 ft tall to her eye level. The picture is not to scale. What is the altitude of the kite? Round the answer to the nearest whole number.

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Svetach [21] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-21T00:23:09+03:00

Svetach [21]2 years ago

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The altitude of the kite:
h = 5 + 250 · sin 45°
h = 5 + 250 · √2 / 2
h = 5 + 250 · 0.7071 = 5 + 176.77 = 181.77 ≈ 182 ft
Answer: The altitude is 183 ft.

Sunny_sXe [5.5K] · Answer 2 · 2022-05-21T02:24:26+03:00

Sunny_sXe [5.5K]2 years ago

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Answer

182 feet

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