document.write( "Question 122819: A roof rises 7.25ft over a horizontal distance of 16.62ft. What is the slope of the roof to the nearest hundredth? \n" ); document.write( "

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Slope is defined as the change in the vertical distance divided by the corresponding change
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\n" ); document.write( "For this problem the change in the vertical distance is +7.25 ft. (The plus sign indicates
\n" ); document.write( "that it is rising. A minus sign would mean that it was slanting down.)
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\n" ); document.write( "The problem also says that the corresponding horizontal change is 16.62 feet.
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\n" ); document.write( "S = (vertical change)/(horizontal change) = 7.25/16.62
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\n" ); document.write( "Use a calculator to do the division and you get:
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\n" ); document.write( "Slope = 0.43622142
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\n" ); document.write( "Finally the problem tells you to express the slope to the nearest hundredth. Rounding this
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\n" ); document.write( "S = 0.44
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\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem and gives you some insight into the meaning
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