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 17 feet and the height from the ground to the front doors is 7 feet, how long is the ramp? (Round to the nearest tenth.)

Answer 1

Do you know about the trig functions, sin,cos,tan?

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

Or the pythagorean theorem, the problem forms a right triangle with the ground and the building

Answer 4

The pythagorean theorem for right triangle with sides a,b,c
a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Answer 5

so 7^2 + 17^2?

Answer 6

i got it from there thanks

Answer 7

yes\[c=\sqrt{17^2+7^2}\]