4) Jose needs to put together a staircase going from the first floor of his store to the basement. He measures the height from the floor of the basement to the first floor at 10 feet (total rise). He then measures the horizontal distance the stairs will travel from beginning to end to be 15 feet (total run). (a) What will be the angle of the staircase? (b) What length will the steps need to cover (hypotenuse)?

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4) Jose needs to put together a staircase going from the first floor of his store to the basement. He measures the height from the floor of the basement to the first floor at 10 feet (total rise). He then measures the horizontal distance the stairs will travel from beginning to end to be 15 feet (total run).

(a) What will be the angle of the staircase?

(b) What length will the steps need to cover (hypotenuse)?

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