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Take corresponding points on two steps. The further apart these two points - the more steps between them - the more accurate the result will be.
Measure the horizontal distance between the two points (x) and the difference in height (y). If theta represents the angle of inclination of the staircase, then tan(theta) = y/x is the measure of the slope or steepness of the staircase.
To calculate the angle that the staircase makes with the floor, theta = arctan(y/x).
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What can you determine about the steepness of a line in terms of its slope?
Its steepness is the absolute value of its slope.
What is another word for slope or steepness?
Another word would be angle.
What is the slope of a line having no steepness?
A straight horizontal line is a line having no steepness.
How is the steepness of the line is related to the rate of change?
the steepness of the line is the slope of the line which is the rate of change; the steeper the slope, the faster the rate of change
What is slope?
it means steepness
