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  • 22-02-2014
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Find the slope of the ski run that descends 15 feet for every horizontal change of 24 feet

Find the slope of the ski run that descends 15 feet for every horizontal change of 24 feet class=

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Ariella
Ariella Ariella
  • 23-02-2014
slope= change in y (vertical)/change in x (horizontal)

vertical=15
horizontal=24 

slope= 15/24

**We can reduce this by dividing top and bottom by 3:

slope= 5/8
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