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\n" ); document.write( "\"What is the slope of the segment shown for a staircase with 10 inch treads and 7.75 inch rises? As you walk up or down the stairs, your vertical distance from the floor is a linear function of your horizontal distance from the point on the floor where you started. Is the function discrete or continuous? Explain.\"\r
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document.write( "The slope is the ratio  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "You are given dx = 10 inches  and  dy  = 7.75 inches.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the slope is   =  = 0.775.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The linear function behind this problem is  y = m*x = 0.775*x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Each linear function is continuous.\r\n" );
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