Paul’s family is moving across town, so his father rented a moving truck for the day. A ramp pulls out of the truck bed. The bed of the truck is 1 m high, and the ramp is 3 m long. Paul makes two statements about the truck ramp: Statement 1: The ramp is an inclined plane, and we will have to move the boxes a longer distance to get them into the truck than if we lifted them straight up.

Statement 2: Using the inclined plane will require less effort.