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Trigonometry Exercise with Hot Air Balloon

What is the height of the balloon?

Questions to think about:

1. Given the highlighted angle, what does the height represent: the opposite, the adjacent, or the hypotenuse? 2. What trigonometric ratio you will use to find the height? 3. Use the sliders to adjust the distance and/or the height, and check if your calculations match the result. You got this!