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How Do You Find the Slope of a Ramp If You Know the Rise and Run?

Tony Hawk wants to design a ramp for one of his stunts. He finds that he can soar farthest if the ramp has a rise of 10 feet and a run of 20 feet. What is the slope of the ramp?

Summary

  1. Drawing a picture of Tony Hawk's ramp will help to visualize the problem better, so draw the ramp on a coordinate plane
  2. 'Rise' is the change in y
  3. 'Run' is the change in x
  4. The ramp's rise is 10 feet
  5. The ramp's run is 20 feet
  6. We can find the slope of the ramp by dividing the rise, 10, by the run, 20
  7. Slope of the Ramp = 10/20 = 1/2 = 0.5

Notes

    1. Drawing a picture of Tony Hawk's ramp will help to visualize the problem better
    1. Drawing a picture of Tony Hawk's ramp will help to visualize the problem better
    2. The rise, or height, of the ramp is 10 feet above the ground
    3. The run, or length, of the ramp is 20 feet
    1. The rise, or height, of the ramp is 10 feet above the ground
    2. The run, or length, of the ramp is 20 feet
    3. 'Rise' is another word for the y-coordinate axis
    4. 'Run' is another word for the x-coordinate axis
    1. Drawing a picture of Tony Hawk's ramp will help to visualize the problem better
    2. The rise, or height, of the ramp is 10 feet above the ground
    3. The run, or length, of the ramp is 20 feet
    4. 'Rise' is another word for the y-coordinate axis
    5. 'Run' is another word for the x-coordinate axis
    1. 'Rise' is another word for the y-coordinate axis
    1. 'Run' is another word for the x-coordinate axis
    1. The rise, or height, of the ramp is 10 feet above the ground
    2. 'Rise' is another word for the y-coordinate axis
    1. The run, or length, of the ramp is 20 feet
    2. 'Run' is another word for the x-coordinate axis
    1. Drawing a picture of Tony Hawk's ramp will help to visualize the problem better
    1. We drew a picture of Tony Hawk's ramp to visualize the problem better
    2. Then we defined the rise and run of the ramp
    3. The final step is to figure out the slope of the ramp
    1. Slope is just the rise (change in y) over the run (change in x)
    1. Slope is just the rise (change in y) over the run (change in x)
    2. The rise, or height, of the ramp is 10 feet above the ground
    3. The run, or length, of the ramp is 20 feet
    1. Slope is just the rise (change in y) over the run (change in x)
    2. The rise, or height, of the ramp is 10 feet above the ground
    3. The run, or length, of the ramp is 20 feet
    1. Slope = Rise/Run
    1. Slope = Rise/Run
    2. Rise=10
    3. Run=20
    1. Slope = Rise/Run
    2. Rise=10
    3. Run=20
    4. Slope = 10/20 = 1/2 = 0.5
    1. Slope = 10/20 = 1/2 = 0.5
    1. Slope = 10/20 = 1/2 = 0.5
    2. The ramp's slope is '0.5'