document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=320203>Question 320203</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a 27 ft ramp stretches over 24 ft of ground, how far is the top of the ramp from the ground? Please show you get the answer. I am using a TI-30XS and doing algerba for the first time in about 40 years. I am lost lol<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #229306 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=229306\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the ramp is the hypotenuse and the ground is one side , you need to find height (other side)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this uses the Pythagorean theorem ___ a^2 + b^2 = c^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you have \"a\" and \"c\" and need to find \"b\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24^2 + b^2 = 27^2 ___ b^2 = 27^2 - 24^2 ___ b = sqrt(27^2 - 24^2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "should be 12.37 (approx) on your calculator </SPAN>\n" );
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