SOLUTION: The highway has a 6% grade on descent, which means it's slope is - 6/100. Driving on this road, you notice from elevation signs that you have descended a distance of 1000 ft. What

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: The highway has a 6% grade on descent, which means it's slope is - 6/100. Driving on this road, you notice from elevation signs that you have descended a distance of 1000 ft. What is the change in your horizontal distance? This question is from textbook College Algebra

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The highway has a 6% grade on descent, which means it's slope is - 6/100. Driving on this road, you notice from elevation signs that you have descended a distance of 1000 ft. What is the change in your horizontal distance?
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slope = vertical change/horizontal change
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Use a proportion:
1000/x = 6/100
x = 100000/6 = 16,666.67 ft (horizontal distance)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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