document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=208675>Question 208675</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rise and run. If the rise is 3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the run is 5, then what is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the ratio of the rise to the run? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "and the run is 5, then what is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the ratio of the rise to the run?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The ratio of the rise over the run is the \"slope\":<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope = rise/run<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In your case, since<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rise = 3/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "run = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = rise/run = (3/2)/5 = 3/10<BR>\n" );
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