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A ladder leaning against a wall has slope 3. How many feet in the horizontal direction correspond to a rise of $15 \mathrm{ft} ?$(FIGURE CANNOT COPY)
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The slope of a line is a ratio of the rise over the run. So if the slope is 3, that means the rise is 3 and the run is 1. Show more…
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