a moving conveyor is built to rise 1 ,meter for each 3 meters of horizontal change.
a. find the slope of the conveyor
b.suppose the conveyor runs between two floors in a factory.find the length of the conveyor if the vertical distance between floors is 10 feet.

Question

a moving conveyor is built to rise 1 ,meter for each 3 meters of horizontal change.
a. find the slope of the conveyor
b.suppose the conveyor runs between two floors in a factory.find the length of the conveyor if the vertical distance between floors is 10 feet.

anonymous · Answer

The slope is in the question for a.

anonymous · Answer

the slop is 1/3 but how do you do part b?

anonymous · Answer

I hate these questions. I think there is a way you can enlarge the slope to a # that agrees with 10

anonymous · Answer

Sorry I got nothing for ya :(

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

So, if the vertical length is 10, then the horizontal length is 30:
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To find the length of the belt, use the Pythagorean theorem.