document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=879364>Question 879364</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> driving through the mountains dale has to go up and over a high mountain pass the road has a constant incline for 7 3/4 miles to the top of the pass dale notices from a road sign that in the first mile he climbs 840 feet how much feet does he climb in all </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #530849 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39627)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=530849\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The 840 foot climb is part of a triangle with hypotenuse 1 mile.  Try to do everything in feet, because the question asks for feet.  A proportion will work.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 mile = 5280 feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=840%2F5280=y%2F%287%263%2F4%285280%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"840%2F5280=y%2F%287%263%2F4%285280%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, ratios of the climb to the road distance.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The conversion factor is not really needed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=840%2F1=y%2F7%263%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"840%2F1=y%2F7%263%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, easier, because now this relates climb in feet to road distance in miles.<BR>\n" );
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