A moving truck has a ramp that extends from the deck, or floor, of the truck to the ground to allow movers to wheel furniture and boxes into the truck on carts. the deck of a truck is 2.5 ft high and the ramp extends to a point on the ground 8 ft away.

A. What is the slope of the ramp?

B. Jaime is looking for a moving truck with a slope of 0.19 to comfortably move a large oak chest of drawers. Is the ramp of this truck too deep or to shallow. Explain?

C. All the truck offered by the moving company have the same deck height. What horizontal length of ramp would Jaime need to create the slope she is comfortable with?