SOLUTION: The slope of a street is 0.15. How many feet vertically does it rise over a horizontal distance of 100 feet?

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Question 846835: The slope of a street is 0.15. How many feet vertically does it rise over a horizontal distance of 100 feet?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Slope is rise over run or vertical over horizontal.

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