A person flying a kite has released 176m of string. The string can make an angle of 27 degrees with the ground. How high is the kite? How far away is the kite horizontally?
+23245 To find the height of the kite, use the sin: sin(x) = opposite / hypotenuse
---> sin(27) = height / 176 ---> 176 · sin(27) = height
To find the horizontal distance, use the cos: cos(x) = adjacent / hypotenuse
---> cos(27) = horizontal / 176 ---> 176 · cos(27) = horizontal
