The rise and span for a roof are shown. The pitch of a roof is the ratio of the rise to the half-span. If the rise is 8 feet and the span is 30 feet, what is the pitch in simplest form?

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Answer 1
Answer: Half-span is half of span. Pitch of the roof is calculated as rise/(span/2). In this case, rise is 8 feet and span is 30 feet. So, the pitch can be calculated as 8/(30/2) or 8/15. Pitch is normally represented as the number of inches of rise per foot. So, to reduce 8/15 to match a foot, we multiply it by 12. So, (8/15) * 12 gives us 6.4 inches of rise per foot.
Answer 2
Answer:

The pitch or slope of a roof is defined as the ration of rise and half of the span. In equation we can write:

Pitch=(Rise)/(Half-span)

Half-Span equals the run. So we can define the Pitch as:

Pitch = (Rise)/(Run)

Rise = 8 feet

Run = Half of span = 15 feet

Using the values in the above formula, we get:

Pitch = (8)/(15)

Therefore, the pitch (or slope) of the roof in simplest form is 8/15

Pitch is normally defined as the vertical rise of a roof for ever 12 feet increase in its horizontal run. The above fraction shows the vertical rise is 8/15 for each 1 feet increase in the horizontal run. So if we simply multiply the the above fraction by 12, we will get the pitch in standard units.

So,

Pitch = 8/15 x 12 = 6.4

Therefore, the pitch of the roof will be 6.4


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Write the equation of the line that is perpendicular to the line y = 2x + 2 and passes through the point (6, 3). y = 2x + 6

y = - x + 3

y = - x + 6

y = 2x + 3

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The equation of line is:

y=-(1)/(2)x+6

Further explanation:

Given

y = 2x + 2

Comparing it with standard form:

y=mx+b

Let m1 be the slope of given line

m_1=2

We know that product of slopes of two perpendicular lines is -1

Let m2 be the slope of second line

m_1.m_2=-1\n2*m_2= -1\nm_2 = -(1)/(2)

Putting the value of m2 in standard form

y=-(1)/(2)x+b

To find the value of b, putting (6,3) in equation

3=-(1)/(2)(6)+b\n3=-3+b\n3+3=b\nb=6

Putting the values of b and m, we get

y=-(1)/(2)x+6

The equation of line is:

y=-(1)/(2)x+6

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Answer:

its actually c

Step-by-step explanation:

Each day, about 75,000 people visit Paris, France. Use the Commutative Property to write two equivalent expressions that could be used to find the number of people that visit over a 5 day period.

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75,000 x 5 = 5 x 75,000


The function f is defined by f(c)=x^2 +3x-10.
if f(x+5)=x^2 +kx+30, k= ?
find the smallest zero of f(x+5). x=?

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Hope this helps :)

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Answer:

k=13

x= -10

Step-by-step explanation:

f(x)=x²+3x-10

f(x+5)=

=(x+5)(x+5)+3(x+5)-10

=x²+10x+25+3x+15-10

=x²+13x+30

0=x²+13x+30

0=(x+3)(x+10)

x= -3 or -10

-10< -3

smallest zero is -10

2(x-1)-y=-8
y=2x+8
substitution method

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Answer:

No Solution.

Step-by-step explanation:

2(x-1)-y=-8

y=2x+8

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2x-2-(2x+8)=-8

2x-2-2x-8=-8

2x-2x-2-8=-8

0-2-8=-8

-2-8=-8

-10=-8

no solution

A number decreased by 4 is less than 14?

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N-4<14

Hope this helps

Answer: I'm not exactly sure but, I think the answer is 18.

Step-by-step explanation:

Write the correct answer in the blank at the right of each question.Keisha’s family is planning a trip to Europe. If they want to visit each of the cities listed in the table under, in how many different orders can they do so?
City:
-Athens
-Berlin
-London
-Paris
-Rome

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Answer: They can visit all 5 cities in 120 different ways

Step-by-step explanation: If the family has the option of visiting five different cities in Europe, and they intend to visit all of them, then they can visit any one first and go on to another one, and so on till they exhaust all their options.

However, there is the option of which to visit first, which to visit second, and so on. This means if they decide for example, to start with Athens then they may decide to visit any of the four other cities afterwards in more than one way, and this is because all the other four cities equally have the option of being number two. So with Athens at number one, we have the other four equally likely to be number two, and so on.

To make this less cumbersome, we shall apply the formula for permutations. Rather than counting numbers of arrangements like described above, Keisha's family can use the permutation formula which is;

Pₙ = n!

Where n is the number of available options,

P₅ = 5!

P₅ = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1

P₅ = 120

Hence, the family can arrange their trip to Europe in 120 different orders