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A motorcycle daredevil is planning a stunt to perform at a county fair. A ramp must be built to give him a 20% grade, or slope. If the vertical height at the end of the ramp
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A motorcycle daredevil is planning a stunt to perform at a county fair. A ramp must be built to give him a 20% grade, or slope. If the vertical height at the end of the ramp must be 11 ft to assure that the stunt is a success, what must be the length of the horizontal run?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 20% grade means the height of the ramp is 20% of the ramps horizontal length.
Let H=height and L=length of ramp.
H=0.2L
rearranging gives:
L= H/0.2 = 5H
L= 5 x 11 = 55
So the length of the horizontal run must be 55ft.
I hope this helps.
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