A ladder reaches a height of 16 feet on a wall. If the bottom of the ladder is placed 4 feet away from the wall, what is the slope of the ladde as a positive number?
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If the height is 16 feet and the ladder is 4 feet away, the slope is 4. This is because rise/run=slope, and rise is vertical, and run is horizontal, so 16/4=4.
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