Let's draw the ramp to better understand the problem:
For us to be able to determine how long the ramp will be, we will be using the Cosine Function.
We get,
[tex]\text{ Cosine }\Theta\text{ = }\frac{\text{ b}}{\text{c}}[/tex][tex]Cosine(16^{\circ})\text{ = }\frac{55}{x}[/tex][tex]x\text{ = }\frac{55}{Cosine(16^{\circ})\text{ }}[/tex][tex]\text{ x = }\frac{55}{0.9612616959}[/tex][tex]x=57.216468974668940618504468175387[/tex][tex]\text{ x }\approx\text{ 57.2165 feet}[/tex]Therefore, the answer is 57.2165 feet.
