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Trigonometric Word Problem

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Kevin holds a kite string 5 feet above the ground. When he runs out of 400 feet of string, the kite is $$200\sqrt{3}+5$$ above the ground. Solve the equation $$h=d\sin\theta + c$$ to find the angle the kit string makes with the ground. Where h is the height of the kite above the ground, d is the length of the string and c is the distance from Kevin’s hand to the ground.

oct11-02