Question

Carpenters refer to the slope of a roof as the pitch of the roof. Find the pitch of the roof.

Answer 1

Answer: Approximately 13 ft

Step-by-step explanation: For this, you have to do the Pythagorean Theorem. First set up an equation. That equation is a squared+b squared=c squared. Next, plug in values. A=12 and b=4. The equation becomes 12 squared+4 squared=c squared. Do the math and you'll get 144+16=c squared. Add and get 160=c squared. Then do the square root of both sides and you'll get 12.649=c. Round to nearest whole number to get approximately 13 ft. You can also represent it as the square root symbol with 160 inside, like this(√160).