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Do stairs represent slope?
Yes. Stairs represent slope. In fact, today in math class we were discussing slope and similar products.
How do we use slope in everyday life?
Rollercoasters, stairs, hills, and other things.
Does a spiral staircase have a constant slope?
Previous answer: "No because the line is not straight and the points of the slop is in different ares." The above is ambiguous. You need to define the term slope. The slope of a helix (or any curve) is normally defined as the slope of a line that is tangent to the helix (curve). And then you need to define, slope with respect to what? Normally that would be slope with respect to a horizontal plane. That slope, by definition, is constant for a helix with a vertical axis. The value of the slope of such a helix is pitch / (2*pi*R), where R is the radius from the axis. Then you have to consider where on the staircase you are. A staircase is not a single helix. It has width, or different radii. If you are walking up stairs at a constant radius R from the axis (on a helix), then the slope is constant. In any case, the average slope of the stairs varies with the radius R on which you are walking, so that would not be a constant.
How do stairs represent slope?
I would say that they have a rise over run (just like slope). So say that a stair goes up 2 feet every stair across, it's slope would be 2/1 or 2 (but i could be totally wrong).
How do you find the slope at one point?
To find the slope, you must have at least two points, not one. You cannot find the slope at one point, because coordinate points do not have slopes - lines have slopes.
