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1) A boy flying a kite lets out 400 feet of 2) A ladder leaning against the wall makes
string which makes an angle of 48° with an angle of 64° with the ground. If the
the ground. Assuming that the string is foot of the ladder is 7.5 feet from the wall,
straight, how high above the ground is the how high on the wall is the ladder?
kite?

3) A straight road to the top of a hill 300 feet 4) An airplane climbs at an angle of 15° with
high is 4000 feet long. Find the angle the the ground. Find the ground distance it has
road makes with the horizontal. traveled when it has attained an altitude of
500 feet.

5) A wire attached to the top of a pole 6) Henry is flying a kite. The kite string
reaches a stake in the ground 30 feet from makes an angle of 33° with the ground. If
the foot of the pole and makes an angle of Henry is standing 200 feet from a point on
48° with the ground. Find the length of the ground directly below the kite, find the
the wire. length of the kite string.

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rounded values to calculate the next value. Round your final answer to the nearest tenth.
7) 8)
18 x
46 x
30° 24°
28° 36°
A) 62.9 B) 43
A) 13.8 B) 17.6
C) 47.4 D) 56.5
C) 14.5 D) 14.1

9) 10)
36 125° x
34 x
22°
55° 26° A) 52.3 B) 63
A) 87.4 B) 63.6 C) 36.4 D) 54.6
C) 43.3 D) 84.8

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