Solve the problem. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.
-One airport has a ramp sloping down from the passenger waiting area to the plane. If the distance from the waiting area to the plane is 42 feet and the height from the ground to the waiting area is 7 feet, how long is the
Ramp?
A) 7.0 ft
B) 41.4 ft
C) 42.6 ft
D) 9.9 ft

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Using the Pythagorean theorem, the ramp length is the hypotenuse: sqrt(42^2 + 7^2) = 42.6 ft.

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