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A paraglider is towed behind a boat by 400-ft ropes attached to the boat at a point 15 ft above the water. The spotter in the boat estimates the angle of the ropes to be 35 o above the horizontal. Estimate the paraglider’s height above the water to the nearest foot. Enter a number answer only.

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By the use of the trigonometric ratios, the height of the paraglide is 244 ft.

What is the Trigonometric ratios?

The trigonometric ratios are used to obtain the sides of a right angled triangle. In this case, the geometry of the problem can be reduced to a right angled triangle.

Thus we have;

sin 35 = x/400

x = 400 sin35 = 229 ft

Hence, height of the paraglider = 229ft + 15 ft = 244 ft

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