Kiran is flying a kite. He gets tired so be skates the kite into the ground. The kite is on a string that is a 18 feet long and makes a 30 degree angle with the ground. How high is the kite?

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step-by-step explanation:

geometry: triangles

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

25.45584

49/6 is going to equal 8 1/6