How long does the piece of plywood have to be to cover the top of the frame of the skateboard ramp? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a foot. Show your work.
Another boys parents bought a 10 foot piece of plywood for him and his friend to use to cover the top of the frame. Draw and label a ramp they could create. Justify your work using the Pythagorean Theorem.
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A triangle is a polygon with three sides and three angles. Types of triangles are acute, obtuse, scalene, isosceles, equilateral and right angled triangle.
Pythagoras theorem states that for a right angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square of the remaining two sides.
The ramp has the form of a triangle. The height of the ramp is the vertical side of a triangle, the top of the frame is the hypotenuse while the length of the ramp is the base side of the triangle.
