SOLUTION: A roof rises 9.75ft over a horizontal distance of 17.24ft. What is the slope of the roof to the nearest hundreth? Please help to solve this problem

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Question 68478: A roof rises 9.75ft over a horizontal distance of 17.24ft. What is the slope of the roof to the nearest hundreth?
Please help to solve this problem
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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A roof rises 9.75ft over a horizontal
distance of 17.24ft. What is the slope 
of the roof to the nearest hundreth? 
Please help to solve this problem

rise = 9.75

run = horizontal distance = 17.24

         rise      9.75
slope = —————— = ——————— = .5655452436
          run     17.24

rounded off to nearest hundredth = .57

Edwin