SOLUTION: Locate the coordinates of the peak of the roof if it is to have a pitch of 3/5 and the roof line is to pass through the two points in black http://www.webassign.net/tussymodnc

Question 925949: Locate the coordinates of the peak of the roof if it is to have a pitch of
3/5 and the roof line is to pass through the two points in black
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If "pitch" means "slope", then you can start with y=(3/5)x+6, as understood from your separate graph with picture, and let x=10; because x=10 is directly under the middle of the door and grid/grating. Evaluate y for x=10.

(10,12)
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