Question

A staircase has 5 steps. It’s 1.25 m tall and each step is 0.3 m wide. What is the slope of the staircase? Show your work.

Answer 1

1.25/1.5

Explanation:

height (rise) 1.25m

Width (run) .3m per stair

5 stairs x .3m per stair= 1.5m

Rise/run= 1.25/1.5