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( " and arrived at their destination at an elevation of 2347 feet/ ACcording to the map the camps were 3000 feet part.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What was average slope between the two camps.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the difference in elevation as they traveled 3000' between the two points<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2347 - 465 = 1882 ft (rise)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope is the rise over run<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the run, the horizontal dist using pythag<BR>\n" );
document.write( " run  = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%283000%5E2-1882%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%283000%5E2-1882%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( " run = 2336.25 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the slope<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1882%2F2336 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1882%2F2336\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = .80565 ~ .81 </SPAN>\n" );
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