JUST WANT TO KNOW IF I DID THIS RIGHT.
A kite on a 160-foot string is caught on a pole. When the full length of the string is stretched in a straight line to the ground, it touches the ground a distance of 50 feet from the bottom of the pole.

The string forms an angle of 17° with the ground when it is stretched like this.

I put true but I'm unsure

Question

JUST WANT TO KNOW IF I DID THIS RIGHT.
A kite on a 160-foot string is caught on a pole. When the full length of the string is stretched in a straight line to the ground, it touches the ground a distance of 50 feet from the bottom of the pole.

The string forms an angle of 17° with the ground when it is stretched like this.

I put true but I'm unsure

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

what made you think true? what work do you have so far?

anonymous · Answer

i really don't have any evidence to back me up but i did it in my head @jim_thompson5910

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

do you have a drawing done at all? if not, then you should have something like this

|dw:1432426111779:dw|

the goal is to find angle x and see if it is 17 degrees

anonymous · Answer

so it's false @robtobey @jim_thompson5910

anonymous · Answer

$$x=\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{50}{160}\right)=71.79 {}^{\circ} $$Sorry, my first posting was incorrect.

anonymous · Answer

The 17 deg angle posted in the problem statement is way too small.