Check the picture below.
The Smart Blues and the Royal Reds are playing a football game. The Smart Blues' first play goes for -2 yards. How much did the
Smart Blues gain or lose?
2 answers:
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Sorry I was moving around taking the picture and my handwriting is sloppy. But I hope you understand how I got the answer
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Notice that there is a right angle triangle formed with sides as follows:
hypotenuse is the actual 1500 ft string. The acute angle 43 degrees is opposite to the segment that represents the height of the kite from the ground. Therefore, the trigonometric ratio that we can use to find that opposite side to the given angle, is the sine function as shown below: