SOLUTION: A building has a ramp to its front doors to accommodate the handicapped. If the distance from the building to the end of the ramp is 18 feet and the height from the ground to the f

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Question 259665: A building has a ramp to its front doors to accommodate the handicapped. If the distance from the building to the end of the ramp is 18 feet and the height from the ground to the front doors is 7 feet, how long is the ramp?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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The ramp forms a right triangle with legs 7 and 18.
Find the length of the hypotenuse using the Pythagorean theorem,
A%5E2%2BB%5E2=C%5E2
7%5E2%2B18%5E2=C%5E2
C%5E2=373
C=sqrt%28373%29 or approximately 19.3 feet.