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