Question by alwazsk8in09: the height of a kite above the ground is nine feet more than the distance from the person flying the kite to?
a point directly below it. the length of the string to the kite is 45 feet. how high is the kite?

Best answer:

Answer by Mr S
It’s a right triangle. Hypotenuse 45 ft, base X, height X+9.

X^2 + (X+9)^2 = 45^2
2X^2 + 18x – 1944 = 0
X = 27 (Quadratic formula)

Height = X + 9

36

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