Question

A blueprint of an office shows the bottom edge of the roof to be 54 feet above the ground. If the roof rises to a point 120 feet above the ground over a horizontal distance of 5.5 yards, what is the slope of the roof?

Answer 1

@satellite73 @ganeshie8 pleasee helpp

Answer 2

\[\text{slope} = \dfrac{\text{change in vertical distance}}{\text{change in horizontal distance}}\]

Answer 3

ummm...vertical distance would be 120-54?

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

and the horizontal distance would be 54-5.5?

Answer 6

@ganeshie8

Answer 7

change in horizontal distance is just 5.5

Answer 8

so the answer would be 12?