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Author: Annie Fetter
Description: Geometry, difficulty level 2. If you're flying a kite 75 yards away from 70 foot tall trees, how much line would it take to get to the top of the trees? What if the kite moved up so that was 65 yards away? What would the angle be? And more!
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