document.write( "Question 630830: Find the length of a ramp that is 8 feet long and 6 feet high \n" ); document.write( "

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this is a simple problem that requires you to use the pythagorean theorem.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "to find the length of the ramp you need to set up a right triangle with the height being 8 and the length/base as 6. then the hypotenuse is the missing length. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the pythagorean theorem is a^2+b^2=c^2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then you plug in 8 and 6 in for a and b, because c is always the hypotenuse. now it really doesn't matter which leg of the right triangle is labeled a and b\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I will put 8 in for a and 6 in for b.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "8^2+6^2=c^2 is what we now have
\n" ); document.write( "64+36=c^2
\n" ); document.write( "100=c^2 .... is what we now have
\n" ); document.write( "then we must now square root both sides of what we have now\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "therefore we now have 10=c, and since c is the missing length in feet, as stated in the problem, the ramp is 10 feet in length.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "ramp= 10 feet in length. \n" ); document.write( "

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