You are an avid skateboarder and just skated down a ramp. You want to find the distance you traveled. The height of the ramp at its tallest part is 40 inches and the horizontal length is 81 inches. Calculate the distance, to the nearest whole inch, you traveled down the ramp.

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ash2326 · Answer

|dw:1340558872629:dw| We need to find x , do you know Pythagoras?

anonymous · Answer

yes

ash2326 · Answer

so use it here to find x. I missed one thing, it's a right triangle|dw:1340559144618:dw|