Asked by Jill

Matt is building a ramp for his skateboard. The vertical height is 5 feet high, what could be thehorizontal distance and the length of the ramp (the hypotenuse) if he wanted to build it using aPythagorean triple?
(1 point)
x= 12, 13
x= 3, 4
x= 24, 29
x= 8, 15

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use the 5-12-13 Pythagorean triple: 5^2 + 12^2 = 13^2 (25 + 144 = 169).
So the horizontal distance is 12 ft and the ramp length is 13 ft.