A triangular portion of a baseball field is marked as shown below. To the nearest tenth, what is the length of the side labeled
c? A. 3.6 yds B. 3.2 yds C. 2.8 yds D. 2.4 yds
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The height of the kite is 4.89 feet
Explanation
The length of the line attached to the kite=7 feet
The length of the shadow that is cast on the ground=5 feet
the system forms a right angled triangle where the taught string of the kite is the hypotenuse, the shadow is the base and the height of the kite above the ground is the height.
H=7 feet
b=5 feet
using pythagoras theorem
The kite is 4.89 feet above the ground