Question

Kyra is standing 50 feet from the kite she is flying. The string of the kite forms an angle of 27°
with the ground. How high in the air is the kite? (1 point)
Responses

32.18 ft.
32.18 ft.

25.48 ft.
25.48 ft.

22.66 ft.
22.66 ft.

98.13 ft.

Answer 1

Use tangent: height = 50 * tan(27°).
tan(27°) ≈ 0.509525 → height ≈ 50(0.509525) ≈ 25.48 ft.

Answer: 25.48 ft.