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Unit 1B Video Slope in Diagrams

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Question 1
1.

The skateboard ramp drawn below (not to scale) has a width of 28 and a height of 21.
What is the slope of the ramp?
Remember slope is:
rise/run or
vertical length over the horizontal length

Please reduce the fraction.

Question 2
2.

The skateboard ramp drawn below (not to scale) has a slope of 2/9.
What is the width?
Step 1: Set up a proportion



Question 3
3.

The skateboard ramp drawn below (not to scale) has a slope of 2/9.
What is the width?
Solve the proportion for w.

Question 4
4.

The roof of a shack is drawn below (not to scale).
What is the slope?
Step 1: Identify important parts of the triangle.
What is the length of the blue line?


Question 5
5.

The roof of a shack is drawn below (not to scale).
What is the slope?
Step 2: What is the length of the yellow line?



Question 6
6.

The roof of a shack is drawn below (not to scale).
What is the slope?
Step 3: Find the ratio of the yellow line over the blue line

Question 7
7.

The roof of a shack is drawn below (not to scale).
The slope of the roof shack is 3/7.
What is the value of x in the diagram?
(x is the distance from the dotted segments to the right side)
Step 1: Identify important parts of the triangle.
What is the length of the pink line?

Question 8
8.

The roof of a shack is drawn below (not to scale).
The slope of the roof shack is 3/7.
What is the value of x in the diagram?
(x is the distance from the dotted segments to the right side)
Step 2: Write a proportion.


Question 9
9.

The roof of a shack is drawn below (not to scale).
The slope of the roof shack is 3/7.
What is the value of x in the diagram?
(x is the distance from the dotted segments to the right side)
Step 3: Solve the proportion for x.

Question 10
10.

The roof of a shack is drawn below (not to scale).
The slope of the roof is 3/7.
What is the width of the roof (w in the diagram)
Step 1: Identify important parts of the triangle.
Find the value of the blue line. (hint: subtract)

Question 11
11.

The roof of a shack is drawn below (not to scale).
The slope of the roof is 3/7.
What is the width of the roof (w in the diagram)
Step 2: Set up a proportion

Question 12
12.

The roof of a shack is drawn below (not to scale).
The slope of the roof is 3/7.
What is the width of the roof (w in the diagram)
Step 3: Solve the proportion for w

Question 13
13.

The roof of a shack is drawn below (not to scale).
What is the slope of the roof?
Write your answer as a reduced fraction.
Try this on your own:
Step 1: Identify important parts of the triangle.
Find value of the pink line segment by subtracting.
Step 2: What is the value of the green line?
Step 2: Write the proportion for slope. (pink over green)
Step 3: Reduce if needed