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Carl's dog, alice, has a pet ramp she uses to go up to bed. A picture of alice on her pet ramp is the picture I have there. Enter the length of the ramp in feet. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.​

Carl's dog, alice, has a pet ramp she uses to go up to bed. A picture of alice on-example-1

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Answer:

6.2 feet

Explanation:

Triangle formed (in red) by the pet ramp is showing a right triangle.

By applying Pythagoras theorem in the given right triangle,

(Hypotenuse)² = (Leg 1)² + (Leg 2)²

Length of leg 1 = 6 ft

Length of leg 2 = 1.5 ft

By substituting the values in the formula,

(Hypotenuse)² = 6² + (1.5)²

= 36 + 2.25

= 38.25

Hypotenuse =
√(38.25)

= 6.18

≈ 6.2 ft

Therefore, length of the pet ramp is 6.2 ft.

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