document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=907409>Question 907409</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you solve this?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "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.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I do not understand. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #550366 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><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=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=550366\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the hypotenuse is 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the vertical leg is 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2^2+x^2=49<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2=45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6.71<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/6.71=.298<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope is the change in y over the change in x\r<BR>\n" );
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