A roof rises 15 feet vertically and 12 feet horizontally. What is the slope of the roof?
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
We want to subtract
from
We set up the subtracttion problem to get:
We expand the parenthesis to get:
Group similar terms:
We simplify to get:
Hmmmm to convert from improper to mixed, simply do the division of both, the quotient gets upfront, the remainder as the numerator, for example,
how many times 3 goes into 81? well, 27 times, with a remainder of 0, thus
how many times does 2 go into 29? well 14 times, with a remainder of 1, thus
how many times 3 goes into 81? well, 27 times, with a remainder of 0, thus
how many times does 2 go into 29? well 14 times, with a remainder of 1, thus