document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1009161>Question 1009161</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A certain highway has a 2% grade. How many feet does it rise in a horizontal distance of 1 mile? (1 mile = 5280feet.) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Convert 2% to 2/100 then set up your equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F100+=+y%2F5280 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F100+=+y%2F5280\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Before solving for y, you may choose to reduce accordingly:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By cross multiplication, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50y+=+5280 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50y+=+5280\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 50 to obtain a value for y, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50y%2F50+=+5280%2F50 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50y%2F50+=+5280%2F50\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+528%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+528%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or 105.6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The highway rises 105.6 ft in a horizontal distance of one mile.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Verify: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F100+=+y%2F5280 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F100+=+y%2F5280\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > where y = 105.6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F100+=+105.6%2F5280 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F100+=+105.6%2F5280\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F100+=+1%2F50 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F100+=+1%2F50\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is also 2% is true.\r<BR>\n" );
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