A wheelchair ramp at a certain campus is designed so that every vertical rise of 1 foot is accompanied by a horizontal run of 13 feet. What is the gradiant of such a ramp?
1 Answer
Mar 1, 2017
Explanation:
Gradient
Change downward gives a negative gradient.
Change upwards gives a positive gradient.
Vertical rise is upward so we have a positive gradient
As 13 is a prime number you get a continuous decimal if you do the division. This decimal is one of those that never stops. Thus writing the solution as a decimal is not precise. Whilst