You are going to use an incline plane to lift a heavy object to the top of a shelving unit with a height of 77 ft. The base of the incline plane is 1212 ft from the shelving unit. What is the length of the incline plane?

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Moran

25 January, 12:39

You are going to use an incline plane to lift a heavy object to the top of a shelving unit with a height of 77 ft. The base of the incline plane is 1212 ft from the shelving unit. What is the length of the incline plane?

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Laci Chambers · Answer 1

C = 1214 ft (rounded off to one decimal place)

Step-by-step explanation:

a² + b² = c²

77² + 1212² = c²

5929 + 1468944 = c²

√1474873 = √c²

C = 1214.44

C = 1214 ft