Your answer is A. You literally plug in the numbers for a and b to solve for the equation.
If we discuss this as if it is a triangle then the "rise" is the vertical side and the "run" is the adjacent side.
So the ratio of the rise to the run is 8 / 15 which equals
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To find the angle of this roof pitch we look up the arc tangent of
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0.5333333333
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and we find that is 28.072 Degrees
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Angle 11 is 119
and select alternate interior angles theorem
Answer:
t = -0.9
Step-by-step explanation:
-1(t+8) = -7.1
(t+8) = 7.1
t = -0.9