Texts: NO. DATE 2. Balicat is flying a kite. He is holding the end of the string at a distance of 1.5 m above the ground. If the string is 20 m long and makes an angle of 40° with the horizontal, how high is the kite above the ground?
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- Draw a horizontal line to represent the ground. - Mark a point on the ground to represent Balicat. - Draw a vertical line from Balicat to represent the string of the kite. - Mark a point on the vertical line to represent the kite. - Label Show more…
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