Two public works employees are installing a wheelchair ramp near the steps of a public library. the main door to the library is 6 feet off the ground. assuming the horizontal distance of the ramp is 24.8, what is the length of the ramp? round to the nearest tenth of a foot.

Two public works employees are installing a wheelchair ramp near the steps of a public library. The length of the ramp is 25.51 feet.

Solution:

Consider the diagram attached below.

Let AB be ground. C be the position of main door.

As horizontal distance of the ramp = 24.8 feet

So AB = 24.8 feet

Main door of the library is 6 feet off the ground.

So CB = 6 feet

Need to calculate length of the ramp that is AC.

By Pythagoras theorem, square of one side of a right triangle is equal to sum of square of other two sides.

On applying Pythagoras theorem in right triangle ABC, we get

On substituting value of AB and BC,

= 25.51 feet

Hence length of the ramp is 25.51 feet.

x=17

step-by-step explanation:

solve 3x-24=x+10

then that makes it 2x=34 because you subtract an x from both sides to get rid of the one on the right, and then you add 24 to both sides to get rid of the 24 on the left

divide by both sides by 2 to get your answer so that you can get your answer