Tyler has a ramp for his skateboard that measures 17 feet long. The vertical height is 8 feet from the ground to the top of the ramp. What is the horizontal distance from the base
of the ramp to the support? (Hint: draw a picture)

15

Step-by-step explanation:

Hypotenuse: 17ft long

Height: 8ft long

17^2 = 8^2 + b^2

b^2 = 17^2 - 8^2

b = √225

b = 15

after simplifying it i got: -36.25 as my answer. hope that !

b

step-by-step explanation:

a difference is the result of subtraction. while each of these expressions has subtraction in it, a difference will be the result when subtraction is the last operation applied in the order of operations for the expression. this means subtraction must be outside of the parenthesis. only b has this.