SOLUTION: 30. Ratio R=(rise)(run)"slope" Rise and Run. If the rise is 3/2 and the run is 5, then what is the ratio of the rise to the run?

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Question 347392: 30. Ratio R=(rise)(run)"slope"
Rise and Run. If the rise is 3/2 and the run is 5, then what is the ratio of the rise to the run?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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A ratio is just a fraction, thus the ratio of rise to run (or one definition of the slope of a line) is the fraction
3/2 divided by 5 or
3%2F2+%2F+5 = 3/10