If you can see standing water you need to re pitch your gutters.
Calculus rain gutter maximization problem.
Here are the steps in the optimization problem solving process.
Working out gutter slope.
Gutters should drop a quarter inch every 10 feet in order to keep water flowing toward downspouts.
Problem 06 a trapezoidal gutter is to be made from a strip of metal 22 inches wide by bending up the edges.
Differential calculus chapter 4 trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions maxima and minima using trigonometric functions 06 09 trapezoidal gutter of greatest capacity.
This means the downspout end of the gutter should be set 3 4 of an inch lower than the other end.
Optimization problem 3 making a rain gutter.
For example if you have 30 feet of guttering the calculation is 1 4 x 3 0 75 i e.
You can tell if your drain has a poor slope by looking in the gutter after a rainstorm.
Most real world problems are concerned with.
1 draw a diagram depicting the problem scenario but show only the essentials.
As a general rule gutter slope is set at 1 4 inch per 10 feet of guttering.
First measure the slope from the peak to the downspout.