SOLUTION: If a roof rises 9.75 ft over a horizontal distance of 17.24 ft, how would I find the slope of the roof to the nearest hundredth?
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Question 120522: If a roof rises 9.75 ft over a horizontal distance of 17.24 ft, how would I find the slope of the roof to the nearest hundredth?
Answer by tutor_paul(519) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think of the slope as
So in this case, ths slope (m) is:
Dividing this out, you get;
Rounding to the nearest hundredth gets you:
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