Linear equation

Question

The top of a ladder is 16 feet from the ground. The base of the ladder is 6 feet from the wall. What is the slope of the ladder

Answer 1

slope = angle = tan^-1(16/6) = about 69.444 degrees

or slope = 8/3 = 2 2/3

use a calculator with trig functions

or if you just want "slope" as in the slope of a line where the ladder is the line segment, then slope = 8/3