document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=348357>Question 348357</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When you are traveling in the mountains, you will often see signs about the grade of the road.  If you are traveling downhill and you see a sign indicating that the road has a 7% grade, then the slope of the road is -7/100.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose that you are driving downhill on a road with a 8% grade.  If you have descended 750 feet, what is the change in your horizontal distance? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "h/750 = 100/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 75000/8 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "horizontal distance = 9375 ft.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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