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?

Answer 1

Did you make a sketch to see that

cos 50° = x/350 ?

solve for x

Answer 2

yes i need to find x .. and yes i made a sketch

Answer 3

my answer is 224.98m but the answer key says 94.71m ??

Answer 4

Trust yourself.

cosØ = adjacent/hypotenuse

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

clearly the answer key is wrong.