SOLUTION: Suppose that a highway rises 200 feet in a horizontal distance if 3000 feet. Express the grade of the highway to the nearest tenth of a percent.

SOLUTION: Suppose that a highway rises 200 feet in a horizontal distance if 3000 feet. Express the grade of the highway to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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Question 804725: Suppose that a highway rises 200 feet in a horizontal distance if 3000 feet. Express the grade of the highway to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
200/3000=0.067=6.7%
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