document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1189163>Question 1189163</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a party of trekkers left a staging huat at an elevation of 465 feet. and arrived at their destination at an elevation of 2347 feet/ ACcording to the map the camps were 3000 feet part. What was average slope between the two camps? The answer was 0.81 but i don't understand how. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Change in elevation is the y.  2347 - 465 = 1882<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance is the hypotenuse = r = 3000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sin(A) = y/r = 1882/3000 = ~0.6273333<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = asin(0.627333) = 38.85 degs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope = tan(A) = 0.80556<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Or, solve for the horizontal distance, x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 = 3000^2 - 1882^2 = 5458076<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x =~2336.25<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope = rise/run = y/x = 1882/2336.25 = 0.80556<BR>\n" );
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