Question

What factors do you think are involved in determining the pitch of the roof? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve. This will be a right triangle:
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Let the slope = the hypotenuse = c
Let one side = a=8
Let the other side =b =15
Plug-in the values and solve for the c-term
Check you answer by plugging the value of "c" back into the orignial equation and solve.
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17=c
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Check by plugging  into the original equation and solve.
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289=289 [checks out]