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Unit 1: Slope and Rate of Change. - St John Brebeuf

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Apprenticeship <strong>and</strong> workplace Math 11<br />

<strong>St</strong>.<strong>John</strong> <strong>Brebeuf</strong><br />

Pythagorean Theorem:<br />

a 2 c 2<br />

Ma<br />

b 2<br />

+<br />

a 2 + b 2 = c 2<br />

Example1:<br />

Brad needs to unload a quad from the box <strong>of</strong> his pickup truck. He<br />

places an aluminum ramp against the truck bed at a slope <strong>of</strong> 7 : 40.<br />

What is the angle <strong>of</strong> elevation <strong>of</strong> the ramp<br />

Solution:<br />

S.Duffy Page 6

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