Question
a balloon is tethered to the ground by a string 5 m long if the string makes an angle of 65 degrees with the ground how high above the ground is the balloon
Answers
jack
In this problem use Sin functions to solve.
Sin(90) / 5
and set that equal to...
Sin(65) / x
and see what you come up with
Sin(90) / 5
and set that equal to...
Sin(65) / x
and see what you come up with
jack
The height should be somewhere around 4.5
Henry
h = 5*sin65 = 4.53 m.