SOLUTION: If the rise of a roof is 7.5 over a horizontal distance of 12.27ft what is the slope of the roof to the nearest hundred?

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Question 75694: If the rise of a roof is 7.5 over a horizontal distance of 12.27ft what is the slope of the roof to the nearest hundred?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since the slope is the "rise" over the "run", we can simply divide these two numbers
slope=rise%2Frun=7.5%2F12.27=.61 Thats the slope to the nearest hundredth.