Huang is standing 14 meters from the base of a kite. The kite string makes a 67° angle with the ground. Find x, the length of the kite string. Round to the nearest hundredth.
To find the length of the kite string, we can use trigonometry.
First, we will find the height of the kite by using the sine function:
sin(67°) = opposite/hypotenuse
sin(67°) = height/14
height = 14 * sin(67°)
height ≈ 13.03 meters
Now we can find the length of the kite string using the Pythagorean theorem:
x² = 14² + 13.03²
x² = 196 + 169.54
x² ≈ 365.54
x ≈ √365.54
x ≈ 19.12 meters
Therefore, the length of the kite string is approximately 19.12 meters.