SOLUTION: A roof rises 9.75 ft over a horizontal distance of 12.31 ft. What is the slope of the roof to the nearest hundredth?
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Question 29013: A roof rises 9.75 ft over a horizontal distance of 12.31 ft. What is the slope of the roof to the nearest hundredth?
Answer by wuwei96815(245) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Slope is defined as the change in verticle distance (delta y)divided by the change in horizontal distance (delta x).
s = delta y/delta x
Assuming that we are starting at (0,0):
s = 9.75/12.31
s = 0.79
If you are starting at a point other than (0,0), you must take that into consideration when determining the deltas.
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