slope: rise/run=8/12=.67
It can be a fraction, or decimal, or an irrational number, such as PI/4
In many school texts, where number are often whole numbers, it is handy to leave it as a fraction as often numbers divide evenly. In the real world, they seldom do.
I have two questions about finding the slope.
1. If a staircase has 8 inches of rise for every 12 inches of tread, what is the slope of the staircase?
So if I do rise/run that would be 8/12 and reduced would be 2/3
2. My second question is how to leave your slope answer? Could a slope answer be something like 7/8, 3/2, etc, such as an improper fraction?
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