Question

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 22 feet and the height from the ground to the front doors is 5 feet, how long is the ramp? (Round to the nearest tenth.)

Answer 1

use pythagoras theorem

length ^2 = = 5^2 + 22^2

Answer 2

so is it would be 5.2 feet

Answer 3

Not even close.

Answer 4

Look at the picture and think, then recacalculate.

Answer 5

is it 22.6

Answer 6

Yep. Do math every day.