Jake plans to use a ramp to make it easier to move a piano out of the back of his truck. the back of the truck is 333333 inches tall and the ramp is 656565 inches long. 3333xx\text{back of truck}back of truck6565 what is the horizontal distance from the end of the ramp to the back of the truck

56 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, the length of the back of the truck = 33 inches,

The length of the ramp = 65 inches.

Let x be the horizontal distance from the end of the ramp to the back of the truck,

Hence, by applying the Pythagoras theorem, (shown below)

Thus, the horizontal distance from the end of the ramp to the back of the truck = 56 inches.

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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