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There is an 8 foot long ramp. If the platform holding up the end of the ramp is 1 foot high, how do you calculate the distance from the base of the platform to the end of the ramp?

Is there an equation I'm missing here or something?

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use the Pythagorean Theorem.

x^1 + 1^2 = 8^2

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