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The image shows a roof with a span of 48 feet and a rise of 7 feet. It also explains how to calculate the **pitch of the roof**, which is the ratio of the rise to the run. The **run** is half the span of the roof. 

Given the information:

- Span = 48 ft
- Rise = 7 ft
- Run = Span / 2 = 48 ft / 2 = 24 ft

The **pitch** of the roof is calculated as:

\[
\text{Pitch} = \frac{\text{Rise}}{\text{Run}} = \frac{7 \, \text{ft}}{24 \, \text{ft}} = \frac{7}{24}
\]

Thus, the pitch is \( \frac{7}{24} \).

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Here are 5 related questions to expand on this topic:
1. How would the pitch change if the rise of the roof were increased?
2. Can the pitch be expressed as a percentage or a slope angle in degrees?
3. How would you calculate the pitch for a roof with a span of 36 feet and a rise of 9 feet?
4. What are the practical implications of having a steeper roof pitch?
5. How does roof pitch affect water drainage and snow accumulation?

**Tip**: When designing or evaluating roof pitches, it's often helpful to convert the pitch to degrees using trigonometry (arctangent of the rise/run ratio).

As we learned previously, the pitch of a roof is the ratio of rise to run, where the run is half the span. For the roof shown below, the rise is 7 ft, the span is 48 ft. What is the pitch of the roof?

Learn how to calculate the pitch of a roof with a span of 48 ft and a rise of 7 ft. Using the formula Pitch = Rise / Run, we explain the step-by-step method to determine the roof pitch, suitable for students in Grades 6-8.

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