a ramp was constructed to load a truck. if the ramp is 10 ft long and the horizontal distance from the bottom of the ramp to the is 8 ft, what is the height from the ground to the top of the ramp?
You can use the Pythagorean theorem to do this. a^2 + b^2 = c^2. a=8 ft b=unknown c=10ft Square 10, to get 10,000 Square 8 to get 64 Subtract 64 from both sides Then square root both sides to get x by itself. X = 99.7 ft
If we assume that the angle created by horizontal distance and the height of the ramp is 90 degrees, we could use Pythagorean theorem c^2=a^2+b^2 c=10ft b=8ft a=? aka height
10^2=a^2+8^2 100=a^2+64 a^2=100-64 a^2=36 a= √36 a=6 ft Height from the ground to the top of the ramp is 6ft.
