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The slope for a wheelchair ramp for a home has to be 1/2.

If the vertical distance from the ground to the door bottom is 3 ft, find the distance the ramp has to extend from the home in order to comply with the needed slope.



Answer :

In order to comply with the required slope, the ramp must extend 36 ft from the house.

What do we mean by Distance?

  • Distance is a mathematical or qualitative measure of the distance between two objects or points.
  • Distance can refer to a physical length or an estimate based on other criteria in physics or everyday usage (e.g. "two counties over").

So, to find the distance:

The formula of slope:

  • m = change in vertical height/change in horizontal height

Vertical distance is now given as 3 ft.

To conform to the given slope, this means that:

  • 1/12 = 3/x

Cross multiply:

  • x = 3 × 12
  • x = 36 ft

Therefore, in order to comply with the required slope, the ramp must extend 36 ft from the house.

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