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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 838383 centimeters tall and the ramp is 158158158 centimeters long.

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Answer:

134.44 cm

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

Length of ramp, = 158 cm

Height of truck, = 83 cm

The distance from end of ramp to base of truck ;

Using Pythagoras rule :

The diagram is in the picture attached ;

Opposite = sqrt(hypotenus² - adjacent²)

d = sqrt(158² - 83²)

d = sqrt(24964 - 6889)

d = sqrt(18075)

d = 134.44 cm

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