Question

One airport has a ramp sloping down from the passenger waiting area to the plane. If the distance from the waiting area to the plane is 23 feet and the height from the ground to the waiting area is 5 feet, how long is the ramp?

Answer 1

`23.53\text{ feet}`

Explanation:

GIVEN: One airport has a ramp sloping down from the passenger waiting area to the plane. If the distance from the waiting area to the plane is
`23 \text{ feet}` and the height from the ground to the waiting area is
`5 \text{feet}`.

TO FIND: length of ramp.

SOLUTION:

Consider the figure attached

Distance from the waiting area to the plane
`=23\text{ feet}`

height from the ground to the waiting area
`=5\text{ feet}`

let the length of ramp be
`=\text{r}`

Now,

Using Pythagorean theorem

`\text{r}^2=23^2+5^2`

`\text{r}^2=554`

`\text{r}=23.53\text{ feet}`

Hence the length of ramp is
`23.53\text{ feet}`