SOLUTION: A wedding cake meaures 2 feet high in the center and the diameter of the bottom tier is 12 inches. What is the slope of the cake?

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Question 68678: A wedding cake meaures 2 feet high in the center and the diameter of the bottom tier is 12 inches. What is the slope of the cake?
Found 2 solutions by rmromero, stanbon:
Answer by rmromero(383) About Me  (Show Source):
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A wedding cake meaures 2 feet high in the center and the diameter of the bottom tier is 12 inches. What is the slope of the cake?
what is asked in the problem?
What is the slope of the cake?
Given :
measures 2ft. high in the center
diameter of the bottom tier is 12 inches
Solve:
Since feet and inches are in different unit, we are going to convert 2 feet to inches. 12 inches = 1 foot. Therefore 2ft. = 24 inches
Formula of the slope
m+=+%28rise%29%2F%28run%29
The cake is 24 inches high and 6 inches from the center (radius=6).
m+=+24%2F6
highlight+%28m=4%29

graph+%28300%2C+300%2C+-8%2C+8%2C+-3%2C+28%2C+%28-4%29x%2B24%29

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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A wedding cake meaures 2 feet high in the center and the diameter of the bottom tier is 12 inches. What is the slope of the cake?
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Draw the picture
Height = 24 inches.
Side diameter = 12", radius= 6"
Slope = height/base = 24/6 = 4
Cheers,
Stan H.