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You are flying a kite and have let out 30ft of string but it got caught in a 8ft tree. What is the angle of elevation to the location of the kite?

 Dec 8, 2016
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This is a right triangle> the string is the hypotenuse    the tree is one leg and the distance from you to the tree is the other leg.

 S-O-H  C-A-H  T-O-A        S-O-H   sin = opposite over hypotenuse  =  8/30

sin= 8/30

arcsin (8/30) = 15.47 degrees

 Dec 8, 2016

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