SOLUTION: Building codes require that handicap ramps rise no more than 1 foot for every 12 feet of horizontal distance. What is the maximum allowable slope of a handicap ramp?

SOLUTION: Building codes require that handicap ramps rise no more than 1 foot for every 12 feet of horizontal distance. What is the maximum allowable slope of a handicap ramp?

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Question 1004160: Building codes require that handicap ramps rise no more than 1 foot for every 12 feet of horizontal distance. What is the maximum allowable slope of a handicap ramp?
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So the problem tells you that you have a rise of 1 foot and a run of 12 feet. Slope = rise/run, in your case:
1/12= maximum slope
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