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The smiths want to replace the stairway that leads from their porch to their sidewalk with a ramp. The porch is 3 feet off the ground. They decide to start the ramp 12 feet away from the base of the porch to make it convenient to walk up. The ramp will be approximately ____ feet long.

-12.4
-15
-76.5
-80

User Panache
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Answer:

12. 4 ft

Explanation:

User Suresh B B
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Use the pythagorean therom. 12 squared + 3 squared = x squared
So the answer is 12.4 feet


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