document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=200518>Question 200518</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Trigonometry<BR>\n" );
document.write( "67. A road sign shows that a hill has a grade of 8%. What is the angle of inclination of the hill, to the nearest of a degree?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thanks and i dont understand how to solve it? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #150749 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=150749\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A grade of 8% says that for every 8 feet went up, you would have traveled 100 feet on flat ground.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now imagine a standing at one corner of a triangle. one leg is 100 feet. The 'opposite' leg is 8 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=opposite%2Fadjacent ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"opposite%2Fadjacent\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = tangent(a)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use your calculator and find the arcTan or invTan for (0.08) and see that the angle is about 4.57 degrees.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now verify, what is the tangent of 4.57 degrees?  </SPAN>\n" );
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