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A kite is 100m above the ground. If there are 200m of string out, what is the angle between the string and the horizontal? (Assume that the string is perfectly straight.)

A kite is 100m above the ground. If there are 200m of string out, what is the angle between the string and the horizontal? (Assume that the string is perfectly straight.)
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A kite is 100m above the ground. If there are 200m of string out, what is the angle between the string and the horizontal? (Assume that the string is perfectly straight.)

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User Vitamin C
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Answer:

the answer is 30°

Step-by-step explanation:

due to:

sin law of sines


(sin 90)/(200) =(sin\beta )/(100)\\arcsin(100(sin90)/(200) )= 30°

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