document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=14982>Question 14982</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A 10 foot plank is used to brace a basement wall during construction of a home. the plank is nailed to the wall 6 feet above the floor the slope of the plank is ??. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #7437 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><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=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=7437\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The board forms a right triangle, where the board itself is the hypotenuse, and the legs will be the sides of the right triangle which are 6 and x, the unknown side on the floor between where the board reaches the floor and the wall.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you are familiar with the special right triangle whose sides are 3, 4, 5, or any multiple thereof, then you are familiar with a right triangle whose sides are double these numbers: 6, 8, 10, so the unknown side is 8 feet.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you are NOT familiar with these special triangles, then you solve the equation <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=8 feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Either way, the unknown side of the right triangle is 8 feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, the slope is the rise over the run, where rise is 6 feet, and the run is 8 feet.  Therefore the slope is <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC \r<BR>\n" );
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