maybe this will help

http://www.math.com/school/subject3/.../S3U3L4DP.html



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Gary Keramidas
Excel 2003


"Amos Carver" wrote in message
...
I need to know how to convert the roof pitch stated at 6/12 into degrees.
I
know I have a rise of six inches per foot. I am using Excel 2007 and
cannot
seem to get the formula correct. Please help me out. This is really
bugging
me Thanks
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Amos