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Question 106482: HI please help me with this.The answer is stated at the bottom for your convenience.please explain and shoW your work.

A steel beam goes between the tops of two buildings that are 7 m apart.One building is 41 m tall.The other one is 52 m tall.what is the slope of the beam?
the answer is 1.6 to the nearest tenth.:
Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source):
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USING THE GRAPHING TECHNIQUE WE HAVE AN X VALUE OF 7 METERS (DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS)
SEING AS ONE BUILDING IS 52-41=11 METERS HIGHER THAN THE OTHER BUILDING WE HAVE A Y MEASUREMENT OF 11 METERS SO WE NOW HAVE A POINT (7,11) THE CORNER OF THE TALLEST BUILDING & (0,0) AS THE CORNER OF THE SHORTER BUILDING.
NOW WE NEED TO FIND THE SLOPE OF A LINE DRAWN BETWEEN THESE 2 POINTS:
(Y2-Y1)/(X2-X1) IS THE FORMULA FOR THE SLOPE.
(11-0)/(7-0)=11/7=1.57 OR 1.6