A wheelchair ramp has a rise from the ground of 1 gilt. The ramp has a length of fourteen feet. To the nearest angle the ramp makes the sidewalk

This is an example of how this problem is done.

Gilt?- none of the definitions I found had anything to do with measurement

Draw a triangle ABC,
side a = opposite side
side b = adjacent side
side c = hypotenuse

You are given,
side c = length of ramp = 14
side a = wheelchair ramp rise = 1

You need to find
angle A = sin A = op/hyp = a/c = 1/14 = 0.071429

sin A = 0.071429
angle A = 4.096 deg.

To find the angle that the wheelchair ramp makes with the sidewalk, we can use trigonometry. The angle can be determined by finding the ratio of the height of the ramp (rise) to the length of the ramp.

First, let's convert the rise from gilts to feet. Since the ramp has a rise of 1 gilt, we need to know the conversion factor. Let's assume that 1 gilt is equivalent to 1 foot for simplicity.

So, the rise of the ramp is 1 foot.

Next, we need to find the tangent of the angle using the ratio of the rise to the length of the ramp. The tangent of an angle is equal to the opposite side (in this case, the rise) divided by the adjacent side (the length of the ramp).

Tan(angle) = rise / length

Substituting the values, we have:

Tan(angle) = 1 foot / 14 feet

Now, we can find the angle by taking the inverse tangent (arctan) of both sides of the equation. This will give us the angle in radians.

Angle = arctan(1 / 14)

To get the answer in degrees, we can convert the angle from radians to degrees by multiplying it by 180 and dividing by π (pi).

Angle (in degrees) = Angle (in radians) * 180 / π

Calculating the value:

Angle = arctan(1 / 14) ≈ 4.29 degrees

So, to the nearest angle, the wheelchair ramp makes with the sidewalk is approximately 4.29 degrees.