by Duane Bozarth <dpbozarth@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Oct 13, 2005 at 04:12 AM
hightone wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I need help to figure how to do this problem: 10 x 1:12.
>
> My goal actually is to find the height of a ramp where the slope of
> each section is 1:12 (what does that mean?) and the base is 10.00 m.
1:12 --> rise/run --> for every unit in the horizontal direction it
rises 1/12 of that same unit.
So, if the base is 10 instead of 12, the height is 10/12.
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