The slope of a wheelchair ramp for a home has to be 112112. if the vertical distance from the ground to the door bottom is 2.5 ft, find the distance the ramp has to extend from the home in order to comply with the needed slope.

You are remodeling your kitchen. you’ve contacted two tiling companies who gladly told you how long it took their workers to tile of a similar size jim completed half the floor in 8 hours. pete completed half of the other floor in 7 hours. if pete can lay 20 more tiles per hour than jim, at what rate can jim lay tiles

Asquare picture with sides of 32 inches is to be mounted on a square mat with sides of 52 inches. find the area of the mat that will remain uncovered by the picture.

Eric drove 275 miles in 5 hours. at the same rate how long would it take him to drive 495 miles?