You are flying your dragon kite. It's connected to 40yd of string. The kite is directly above the edge of a pond. The edge of the pond is 36yd from where the kite is tied to the ground. How high is the kite above the edge of the pond?

We have a right triangle with hypotenuse 38 and leg 34.

We want to find the other leg.

We use the Pythagorean Theorem:

x > 1.3

step by step:

8.5−0.9x> 9.8−1.9x

step 1: simplify both sides of the inequality.

−0.9x+8.5> −1.9x+9.8

step 2: add 1.9x to both sides.

−0.9x+8.5+1.9x> −1.9x+9.8+1.9x

1x+8.5> 9.8

step 3: subtract 8.5 from both sides.

1x+8.5−8.5> 9.8−8.5

1x> 1.3

step 4: divide both sides by 1.

1x/1 > 1.3/1

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