document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=824674>Question 824674</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> judith and marie are helping their friends change the light bulbs on a wall fixture. They placed the base of the ladder 3 feet from the wall. The top of the ladder meets the wall 8 ft above the ground. What is the slope of the ladder?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Danny's kites is 45 ft in the air. The slope of the string is 9/2. How far away is Danny from the spot on the ground directly below the kite?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "problem 1:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope = dy/dx<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope = 8/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "problem 2:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slope = dy/dx<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9/2 = 45/dx<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dx = 45/(9/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dx = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Danny is 10 feet away from the spot on the ground directly below the kite<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "NOTE TO STUDENT:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope is a signed (+ or -) quantity, but these problem statements do not give information that would allow anyone to determine whether the slopes are positive or negative, in reference to the Cartesian plane.<BR>\n" );
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