A town recreation hall needs to build a ramp. The height of the ramp must be 2 ft. The ramp will start 6 ft. from the door. To the nearest tenth of a foot, how long will the ramp be?
The ramp will form a triangle with height 2ft and base 6ft.
The length of the ramp will be the hypotenuse of this triangle. length² = height² + base² length = √(height² + base²) length = √(2² + 6²) length = √(4 + 36) length = √40 length = 6.3ft
