Trigninmetry Question ,please help!

Question

2. A hot air balloon is to be attached to the grond using two support ropes. One support is attached on one side of the balloon at an angle of elevation of 42 degrees. Another support is attached on the other side of the balloon at an angle of elevation of 50 degrees. The distance between the locations the supports are attached on the ground is 40m.

a) How long is the rope that is attached at the 42degrees ?

b) How high is the balloon.

*** I am looking for help on how to draw a diagram for this question***

Answer 1

Hello, Sid,

I read your request as just asking for a diagram. It isn't pretty, but I made a rough diagram. It won't fit here, so I placed it on Google: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rS5vn9eFf2k-TSBCRSp3IJ6W3hkcNjwGr_GyKIHler4/edit?usp=sharing

Bob