A tourist is lying on the beach, flying a kite. The tourist holds the end of the kite string at ground level and estimates the angle of elevation of the kite to be 70°. If the string is 500 ft long
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A man is lying on the beach, flying a kite. He holds the end of the kite string at ground level, and estimates the angle of elevation of the kite to be $50^{\circ} .$ If the string is 450 ft long, how high is the kite above the ground?
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