construct a right triangle with hypotenuse =90 feet
angle = 70 degrees
calculate the height = 90sin70= about 85 feet high
and base = 90cos70 = about 31 feet from the tree
Arianna W.
asked • 12/17/23Trigonometry Word Problems
Suppose you are flying a kite, and it gets caught at the top of the tree. You've let out all 90 feet of string for the kite, and the angle that the string makes with the ground is 70 degrees. How far up the tree would you have to climb to get your kite? How far would you have to walk to get to the tree to climb it?
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