Can someone be nice enough to help me with 2 questions ?

Question

owlcoffee · Answer

sure

cookielate · Answer

thanks ill post the question

cookielate · Answer

A kite with a 120-ft string attached to the ground is flying directly over the head is Seleana .Seleana is 24 ft from where the kite is attached to the ground. If Seleana is 6 ft tall, how far above her head is the kite ?

owlcoffee · Answer

how would you tackle this problem?

cookielate · Answer

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cookielate · Answer

i could put an example c:

owlcoffee · Answer

Well, I view it as an application of the pythagorean theorem.
Since the kite is above her head and she's 24 ft from the kite, such kite has a string of 120 ft so we can view it as:
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where "x" is the height that has the kite, relative to Seleana's head.
So, by the pythagorean theorem:
$$(x-6)^2 + 24^2 = 120^2$$

cookielate · Answer

thank you so much i feel so bad because i couldn't be able to try my best

owlcoffee · Answer

No worries, problem solving is something that requires practice. You did fine c:

cookielate · Answer

hey can u  be nice enough to help with my last question

owlcoffee · Answer

yes, of course.

cookielate · Answer

thanks ill post the question

cookielate · Answer

A cruise ships' captain knows that a lighthouse on the coast is 150 m tall. The distance from the front of the cruise ship to the top of the lighthouse is 230 m. How far away is the cruise ship from the center of the base of the lighthouse?

cookielate · Answer

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