SOLUTION: A highway sign warns that a section of a road ahead has a 7% grade. To the nearest degree, what angle does the road make with a horizontal line?
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Question 574413: A highway sign warns that a section of a road ahead has a 7% grade. To the nearest degree, what angle does the road make with a horizontal line?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Angle = arctan(0.07)
=~ 4 degs
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