When building a staircase, you need to be concerned with the height of the riser and the depth of the tread so that people can go up and down the stairs comfort

Question

When building a staircase, you need to be concerned with the height of the riser and the depth of the tread so that people can go up and down the stairs comfortably. One rule thumb used to determine proper riser height and tread depth is that the sum of the tread depth (in inches) and twice the riser height (in inches) should equal 26 inches.Write an equation that models this situation.The riser height of a set of steps is 5 inches. What should the depth be?

Answer 1

tread depth = T

riser height = R = 5

 

T + 2R = 26

 

T + 2 • 5 = 26

 

T + 10 = 26

 

In order to figure out what T is you need to get it by itself.  So you subtract 10 from both sides.

 

T = 16