80ft string is attached to a kite the string is tight and th

80ft string is attached to a kite, the string is tight and the wind is blowing. Angle of elevation to the kite is 55 degrees. How high is the kite ?

please explain

Solution

Applying trigonometrice function:

hypotenuse ---- string of kite

height of kite is the height of right angled triangle

sin(55) =80/h

h = 80/sin55 = 97.66 ft is the height of kite