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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A ladder reaches a height of 64 feet on a wall. If the bottom of the ladder is placed 4 feet away from the wall, what is the slope of the ladder as a positive number?

OpenStudy (campbell_st):

draw a picture |dw:1341521834834:dw| the slope is rise over run... rise = vertical distance, run = horizontal distance in your question the rise is 64 and run is 4 then the slope is slope = 64/4 slope = 16

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