There are many ropes keeping a hot air balloon from floating away before a balloon race. One of these ropes is fixed to the ground at a 45° angle. Another is fixed to the ground at a 30° angle. If the hot air balloon is 15 feet off the ground, what is the distance between the two ropes rounded to the nearest hundredth of a foot?

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anonymous · Answer

15/ tan(30)  + 15/tan(45) = 40.98 feet

anonymous · Answer

Ok, who the hell measures what angle they tie their ropes to a hot air balloon?

anonymous · Answer

idk-_- lmao thank you lumenaire!

anonymous · Answer

shoot i was doing it the really long way haha

anonymous · Answer

lol i thought there was only a long way but i guess not (y) (: