document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=442717>Question 442717</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you find the slope of a patio that is 15feet and 3inches please? can you actually break it down for me and write it out for me to fully understand?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #305400 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=305400\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The way to think of it is: If a patio loses 3 inches of height <BR>\n" );
document.write( "for every 15 feet of its length, what is its slope?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope is defined as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(change in y) / (change in x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "These changes have to be in the same units, so <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > feet * <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > inches/foot = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=180 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"180\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "change in y = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "change in x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=180 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"180\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(change in y) / (change in x) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F180 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F180\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+3%2F180+=+1%2F60+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+3%2F180+=+1%2F60+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is 1/60<BR>\n" );
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