Question

jake plans to use a ramp to make it easier to move a piano out of the back of his truck the back of the truck is 33 inches tall and the ramp is 65 inches long. what is the horizontal distance from the end of the ramp to the back of the truck

Answer 1

check the picture below.

Answer 2

56 inches is the horizontal distance from the end of the ramp to the back of the truck.

Explanation:

Height of the back of the truck =33 inches

Length of the ramp = 65 inches

Length of the end of ramp to the back of the truck =?

In triangle ABC:

AB = 33 inches

BC = ?

AC = 65 inches

`AB^2+BC^2=AC^2` (Pythagoras theorem)

`(33 inches)^2+(BC)^2=(65 inches)^2`

BC = 56 inches