Question

NEED A DOUBLE-CHECK! :)
A helium-filled balloon is attached to a 100 m long string. The string is tied to a hook on the ground and it makes an angle of 60° with the ground.
--What is the height of the balloon from the ground?

Answer 1

My answer, 70.72m

Answer 2

I got something higher than that. I used sin60= x/100

Answer 3

Did you get 100?

Answer 4

No it has to be less than 100. The hypotnus is the longest length of the triangle.

Answer 5

sin60= x/100
solve for x

Answer 6

I found it, 86.6, thank you!

Answer 7

Yup thats what I got