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The String of a Kite is 150 M Long and It Makes an Angle of 60° with the Horizontal. Find the Height of the Kite from the Ground. - Mathematics

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प्रश्न

The string of a kite is 150 m long and it makes an angle of 60° with the horizontal. Find the height of the kite from the ground.

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उत्तर

Let h be the height of the kite.
PB be the length of string such that PB = 150 m.

In right-angled ΔBPA,

sin 60° = `h/150`

⇒ `sqrt3/2 = h/150`

⇒ h = `(150sqrt3)/2`

⇒ h = `75sqrt3`

h = 1.732 x 75
h = 129.9 m
Hence, the height of kite above the ground = 129.9 m.

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अध्याय 18: Trigonometry - Exercise 1

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