document.write( "Question 894087: a roadway rises 5m in a horizontal distance of 1/2 mile. Find the tangent of the angle that it makes with the horizontal.
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Form a right triangle with the rise of 5 m and a run of 1/2 mile.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%281%2F2%29%285280%29%280.3048%29=804.7\"$ $\"m\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The tangent of the angle is the opposite side(rise) divided by the adjacent side(run).
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"tan%28theta%29=+0.0062\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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