Elsa is flying a kite. she let out 25 meters of string. the kite is directly above a spot that is 7 meters away. how high above the ground is the kite? (solve for leg)

The kite is 24 meters above the ground.

Step-by-step explanation:

 To solve this problem you can draw a right triangle as the one shown in the figure attached, where is the height asked.

Then, you must apply the Pythagorean Theorem, which is shown below:

Where is the hypotenuse and and are the legs of the right triangle.

Now, you must solve for one the legs. Therefore, the result is:

Therefore the kite is 24 meters above the ground.