document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=80733>Question 80733</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The pitch of a roof is its slope. Find the pitch of the roof shown.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 feet by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15 feet<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 #57896 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tutorcecilia><B>tutorcecilia(2152)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tutorcecilia><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=tutorcecilia><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=57896\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve.  This will be a right triangle:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the slope = the hypotenuse = c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let one side = a=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the other side =b =15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plug-in the values and solve for the c-term<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check you answer by plugging the value of \"c\" back into the orignial equation and solve.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "17=c<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check by plugging <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28sqrt%2817%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28sqrt%2817%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > into the original equation and solve.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "289=289 [checks out] </SPAN>\n" );
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