Asked by bonnie

A kite string is 350 meters long. The angle the string makes with the ground is 50 degrees. How far from the person holding the string is a person standing directly under the kite?
Answered by Reiny
Did you make a sketch to see that

cos 50° = x/350 ?

solve for x
Answered by bonnie
yes i need to find x .. and yes i made a sketch
Answered by bonnie
my answer is 224.98m but the answer key says 94.71m ??
Answered by Reiny
Trust yourself.

cosØ = adjacent/hypotenuse

cos 50° = x/350
350(cos50) = x
x = appr 224.98

clearly the answer key is wrong.
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