Question

An old house has a basement stairway that has steps with 7.25 inch vertical risers and 7 inch horizontal treads. What is the slope of the stairway? Round to two decimal places.

Answer 1

1.04 inch

Explanation:

Given: Old house has a basement stairways with 7.25 inch vertical riser and 7 inch horizontal treads.

Remember; horizontal treads is known as run in steps.

Now, calculating the slope of the stairways.

Formula:
`Slope= (Rise)/(Run)`

Rise= 7.25 inch

Run= 7 inch.

Subtituting the value in the formula

Slope=
`(7.25)/(7)= 1.0357 \approx 1.04` (∵ Round to two decimal)

∴ Slope of stairways is 1.04.