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"A ramp rises 1.5 feet for every 18 feet of horizontal distance it covers. Find the rate of change (slope) of the ramp."

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Slope is rise over run (in a coordinate plane, y over x), so you rise 1.5 ft (1.5/ ) for every 18 ft horizontally (1.5/18). So your slope is 1.5/18
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