Homework Help: Trigonometry

Posted by AwesomeGuy on Monday, February 4, 2013 at 1:41am.

Height of a Kite
A 100-foot line is attached to a kite. When the kite has pulled the line taut, the angle of elevation to the kite is approximately 50°. Now everybody lets approximate the height of the kite!

Trigonometry - Steve, Monday, February 4, 2013 at 2:43am
let's!

h/100 = sin 50°

so, h = ?

Answer this Question

Related Questions

PreCalculus - "A kite is flying 100ft off the ground, and its line is ...
Maths-Trigonometry - a kite is attached to a string that is 15m long. If the ...
Trigonometry - A little boy is flying a kite. The string of the kite makes an ...
Algebra 2 - A boy is flying a kite. The height of the kite is 1 1/2 times ...
Geometry - Richard is flying a kite. The kite string makes an angle 57 with the ...
trig - Richard is flying a kite. The kite string makes an angle of 57 degrees ...
math - Richard is flying a kite. The kite string makes an angle of 57 degress ...
Math - Richard is flying a kite. The kite string makes an angle of 57 degress ...
math - Richard is flying a kite. The kite string makes an angle of 57 degress ...
Math - Richard is flying a kite. The kite string makes an angle of 57 degress ...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: