Question

A turtle is crawling up a hill that rises 6 feet for every horizontal change of 36 feet. Write the slope of the hill as a

fraction in simplest form.

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Answer:

1/6

Explanation:

The slope is the ratio of rise to run.

slope = rise/run = (6 ft)/(36 ft) = 6/36 = 1/6

The slope of the hill is 1/6.