Question

Carrie is making a temporary ramp from the ground to the top of his patio so that he can roll a cart up to it to move furniture in. The surface of the patio is 3‘9“ above the ground and Gary wants the ramp to have a slope of no more than 0.375. What is the shortest horizontal distance he can have from the base of the patio to the base of the ramp

Answer 1

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Answer:

10 ft

Explanation:

The slope is rise/run. Using Gary's numbers, we have ...

m = rise/run

0.375 ≥ (3.75 ft)/run

run ≥ (3.75 ft)/0.375

run ≥ 10 ft

The shortest horizontal distance to the base of the ramp is 10 feet.