Question

Quinn is flying a kite. The angle of elevation formed by the kite string and the ground is 40°, and the kite string forms a straight segment that is 100 feet long.

Explain how to find the distance between the ground and the kite. Include a description of the triangle you drew to help you solve, including the variables and measurements you assigned to each side and angle. Round your answer to the nearest foot.

Answer 1

@AZ

Answer 2

ooh can i do it?

Answer 3

Your welcome to help

Answer 4

All yours

Answer 5

okay thx lol

Answer 6

sooooooooooo
which one do you think you'll use, (sine, cosine, tangent?)

Answer 7

I have no idea :)

Answer 8

oops, i forgot to mark x lmao

Answer 9

Remember you're trying to find the height

Answer 10

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ye lol

Answer 11

anyways lol

Answer 12

soooooo since i have the opposite side and the hypotenuse side, the only one that fits is sine, which is opposite over hypotenuse

Answer 13

Ok I see

Answer 14

soooo, how would you set up the equation?

Answer 15

40/100...?

Answer 16

ummm, no lol

Answer 17

Darn it

Answer 18

But 100 is the hypotenuse though

Answer 19

oops that was wrong
supposed to be sin(theta) = opposite/hypotenuse

Answer 20

and since we know what the angle is, the theata, it's 40 degrees
it's sin(40)
and then opposite over hypotenuse
the opposite side is already stated as x, and the hypotenuse is 100, as you said

so rewrite the equation lol

Answer 21

So it would just be sin(40)=x / 100?

Answer 22

yeppi

Answer 23

sooooooo and then isolating x...
continue

Answer 24

How do you isolate x?

Answer 25

welll... since it's x/100, you don't want that 100, multiply 100 on each side

Answer 26

so it would become 100sin(40)

Answer 27

and then put it into the calculator, and make sure it's ind egree mode, not radians

Answer 28

yes? maybe? no? lol

Answer 29

So when put into the calculator it says 64.27

Answer 30

yeppi

Answer 31

and then add teh degree symbol lol

Answer 32

It said round to the nearest foot, so 64.3?

Answer 33

nearest foot would be 64 feet then
if it's to the nearest whatever that's not some kidn of 'th' (tenth, hundredth, thousandth), then you don't want the decimal

Answer 34

Oh, woops

Answer 35

lol

Answer 36

Ok now I need to go back and put in everything. But can you help me on another question after that?

Answer 37

sure lol

Answer 38

i have a question

Answer 39

ask it

Answer 40

can i get back in my account after it been suspended

Answer 41

idk lol, i've been warned, but never suspended

Answer 42

oh ok

Answer 43

ive been suspended 4 times

Answer 44

ooooofffffffffff lolllll

Answer 45

lol