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Question 105187: hi i am struggling with this questuion .please help me immediately.thankyou
the answer of this question is 0.65 m .I dont know how to do this
Montreal hosted expo 67 an international fair to celebrate Canadas 100 birthday.
Canada has a pyramid there.The base width is about 55 m long and the hight is about 18 m. Calculate the slopes of the side.
Thankss again

Answer by scott8148(6628) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the answer is .65 (rounded) but there are no units - no m ... the number is the ratio of the vertical distance to the horizontal distance

the slopes of the sides are the height (18 m) divided by the distance from the edge to the center (55/2 m)(half the edge length)

18%2F%2855%2F2%29=.65