SOLUTION: a roof rises 8.25 ft over a horizontal distance of 14.65 ft. what is the slope of the roof to the nearest hundredth?
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Question 121058: a roof rises 8.25 ft over a horizontal distance of 14.65 ft. what is the slope of the roof to the nearest hundredth?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the slope be , the height of the roof , and the horizontal distance of the roof
Note: they form right angle triangle
So, you can use Pythagorean’s theorem to find :
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