To find:
The length of ground (in feet) that the ramp covers.
Answer to Problem 35E
The ramp covers22 feet of ground.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
You are building a wheelchair ramp that leads to a doorway 22 inches above the ground. The slope of the ramp must be
Calculation:
Let x represent length of ground in inches that ramp covers.
We will use slope formula to solve our given problem.
The rise will be 22 inches and run will be x .Upon substituting our given values in slope formula, we will get:
Let us solve for x .
Since we for length of ramp in inches, so we will convert in feet by dividing 264 by 12 as 1 feet equals 12 inches.
Therefore, the ramp covers 22 feet of ground.
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