SOLUTION: Architecture. Architects often use the equation x + y = 18 to determine the height y, in inches, of the riser of a step when the tread is x inches wide. Express the slope of stairs

SOLUTION: Architecture. Architects often use the equation x + y = 18 to determine the height y, in inches, of the riser of a step when the tread is x inches wide. Express the slope of stairs

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Question 436466: Architecture. Architects often use the equation x + y = 18 to determine the height y, in inches, of the riser of a step when the tread is x inches wide. Express the slope of stairs designed with this equation without using the variable y.
Answer by shree840(260) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
slope equation in the form of y=mx+b
y=-x+18
slope is -1 ans
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