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Dwayne is using a 15 foot ramp to help load furniture into the back of a moving truck. If the back of the truck is 4 feet from the ground, what is the horizontal distance from where the ramp reaches the
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Dwayne is using a 15 foot ramp to help load furniture into the back of a moving truck. If the back of

the truck is 4 feet from the ground, what is the horizontal distance from where the ramp reaches the
ground to the truck?

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using the pythagorean theorem, the distance would be approximately 14.46 feet
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