document.write( "Question 815341: Can or could someone please help me solve this problem? A county ordinance requires a 2 1/4% \"fall\" for a sewage pipe from the house to the main pipe at the street. How much vertical drop must there be for a horizontal distance of 45 feet? Express the answer to the nearest tenth of a foot. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "2 1/4% \"fall\" is 2.25%   0r  .0225
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document.write( "  = 1.0125ft drop \n" );
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