SOLUTION: A roof rises 2.5 ft over a horizontal distance of 17.86 ft. What is the slope of the roof to the nearest hundredth?
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Question 83025: A roof rises 2.5 ft over a horizontal distance of 17.86 ft. What is the slope of the roof to the nearest hundredth? Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! USING THE GRAPHING TECHNIQUE WE HAVE TWO POINTS (0,2.5) & (17.86,0)
TO FIND THE SLOPE WE USE THE FRACTION (Y2-Y1)/(X2-X1) OR:
(17.86-0)/(2.5-0)
17.86/2.5=7.14 IS THE SLOPE. (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, y = 7.14x +2.5).
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