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For the wheelchair ramp, horizontal leg must be 24 ft for a vertical leg (rise) of 2 ft.
Solve for hypotenuse length in this case.
For the ladder problem, you have (basically) a 3-4-5 triangle, multiplied by 3, giving hypotenuse 15, vertical distance 12, and horizontal leg 9 ft.