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As shown in the accompanying diagram, a kite is flying at the end of a 25-meter string. If the string makes an angle of 65° with the ground, how high, to the nearest meter, is the kite? 25 m 65

As shown in the accompanying diagram a kite is flying at the end of a 25meter string If the string makes an angle of 65 with the ground how high to the nearest class=

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Answer:

23m

Explanation:

Let the height of the kite be x.

To find x, we have to take the sine of the angle 65 degrees;

[tex]\begin{gathered} \sin 65=\frac{x}{25} \\ x=25\sin 65 \\ x=22.66 \\ \therefore x=23m\text{ (to the nearest meter)} \end{gathered}[/tex]

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