SOLUTION: A wedding cake meaures 2 feet high in the center and the diameter of the bottom tier is 12 inches. What is the slope of the cake?
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Question 68678: A wedding cake meaures 2 feet high in the center and the diameter of the bottom tier is 12 inches. What is the slope of the cake?
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Answer by rmromero(383) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A wedding cake meaures 2 feet high in the center and the diameter of the bottom tier is 12 inches. What is the slope of the cake?
what is asked in the problem?
What is the slope of the cake?
Given :
measures 2ft. high in the center
diameter of the bottom tier is 12 inches
Solve:
Since feet and inches are in different unit, we are going to convert 2 feet to inches. 12 inches = 1 foot. Therefore 2ft. = 24 inches
Formula of the slope
The cake is 24 inches high and 6 inches from the center (radius=6).
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A wedding cake meaures 2 feet high in the center and the diameter of the bottom tier is 12 inches. What is the slope of the cake?
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Draw the picture
Height = 24 inches.
Side diameter = 12", radius= 6"
Slope = height/base = 24/6 = 4
Cheers,
Stan H.
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