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A ballon is connected to a metrorological ground station by a cable of length 215 m inclined at `60^(@)` to the horizontal. Determine the height of the ballon from the ground. Assume that there is no slack in the cable.

A

`107.5sqrt3` m

B

`100sqrt3` m

C

`215sqrt3`m

D

`215//sqrt3` m

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C
Draw a right triangle according to the data and take the ratio of `sintheta` to evaluate the height of the ballon from the ground.
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