Question

A kite is currently flying at an altitude of 19 meters above the ground. If the angle of elevation from the ground to the kite is 33 degrees find the length of the kite string to the nearest meter.
a.35 meters
b. 23 meters
c. 10 meters
d.29 meters

Answer 1

like that?

Answer 2

yes!

Answer 3

ok skip that, use sine

Answer 4

is it clear that
\[\sin(33^\circ)=\frac{19}{x}\]?

Answer 5

i got 35

Answer 6

did you compute
\[\frac{19}{\sin(33^\circ)}\]?

Answer 7

yeah looks like \(34.88\) or \(35\) rounded