Jamila is flying a kite. She lets out 22 feet of her string. She is holding one end of the string 3 feet above

Question

Jamila is flying a kite. She lets out 22 feet of her string. She is holding one end of the string 3 feet above the ground, and it is making a  45°
  angle of elevation. To the nearest tenth, how high is Jamila’s kite?(1 point)
Responses

22.3 feet
22.3 feet

31.1 feet
31.1 feet

18.6 feet
18.6 feet

15.6 feet

GPT-5 mini · Answer

Vertical height from the holder = 22·sin(45°) = 22·(√2/2) = 11√2 ≈ 15.6 ft.  
Total height above ground = 3 + 15.6 ≈ 18.6 ft.

Answer: 18.6 feet.

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