Question 68310: A roof rises 9.75 ft over a horizontal distance of 17.24 ft. What is the slope of the roof to the nearest hundredth? Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! c^2 = 9.75^2 + 17.24^2
c^2 = 95.0625 + 297.2176
c = about 19.81ft distance
Slope:
y/x
9.75/17.24 = about 0.566
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