Homework Help: Trigonometry

Posted by Dynesha on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 11:44am.

You are flying a kite while standing 60 ft from a fence. If the kite string makes a 40 degree angle with the ground, how much string, in feet, is let out when the kite is directly above the fence?

Trigonometry - Reiny, Friday, January 18, 2013 at 12:03pm
Make a diagram of the right-angled triangle to see that
tan 40° =height/60
height = 60sin40°
= ...
Trigonometry - yolo, Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 6:44pm
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