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document.write( "The ANSI states that the slope of a wheelchair ramp must not exceed 1/12.  A ramp must be 14 inches high.  What is the minimum length of this ramp so it meets ANSI requirements?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer is 168 inches.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the equation you youse for this problem?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Set up a proportion:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 in of rise/12 inches of run  = 14 inches of rise /x inches of run<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=12(14)= 168 inches of run<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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