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building a ramp that will be in the shape of a perfect right angle triangle vertical height will be 10 feet and horizontal base will be 15 feet what is the lenght of downward sloping side or the ramp
15 years ago

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Ms. Sue
Use the Pythagorean theorem.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

http://www.mathsisfun.com/pythagoras.html

15 years ago

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