Question

A moving conveyor is built to rise 4 ft for each 5 ft of horizontal change.
Suppose the conveyor runs between two floors in a factory. Find the length of the conveyor if the vertical distance between floors is 8 feet. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)

Answer 1

ratio problem
length : height = 5 : 4 = L : 8

5/4 = L/8
4L = 40
L = 10

Answer 2

It says I have to use Pythag and the answer will be a decimal number

Answer 3

I misread the question.
We still have to use my previous answer.
let the belt be x ft long, the other two sides of the right-angled triangle are
8 feet and 10 feet.

x^2 = 8^2 + 10^2
= 164
x = √164

use your calculator, and round the answer to the accuracy required.

Answer 4

Thank you!!!