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he doorsill of a campus building is h = 5 feet above ground level. To allow wheelchair access, the steps in front of the door are to be replaced by a straight ramp with constant slope 1/12, as shown in
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he doorsill of a campus building is h = 5 feet above ground level. To allow wheelchair access, the steps in front of the door are to be replaced by a straight ramp with constant slope 1/12, as shown in the figure. How long must the ramp be?

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I believe there is a picture of the situation missing, but we still have all the info necessary to solve.
We take the height, 5, and divide by the slope, 1/12, getting 60. This is the length of the ramp.

60 feet
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