SOLUTION: How do you solve this? One warehouse uses 7-foot long ramps to load its forklifts onto the flat beds of trucks for hauling. If the bed of a truck is 2 feet above the ground an

Question 907409: How do you solve this?

One warehouse uses 7-foot long ramps to load its forklifts onto the flat beds of trucks for hauling. If the bed of a truck is 2 feet above the ground and the ramp is secured to the truck at its end, what is the slope of the ramp while in operations? Round to the nearest hundredth.

I do not understand.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the hypotenuse is 7
the vertical leg is 2
2^2+x^2=49
x^2=45
x=6.71
2/6.71=.298
slope is the change in y over the change in x

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