SOLUTION: 74. Road Grade
When dirving down a mountain road, you notice warning signs indicating that it is a "12% grade." This means that the slope of the road is -12/100. Approximate the a
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Question 268506: 74. Road Grade
When dirving down a mountain road, you notice warning signs indicating that it is a "12% grade." This means that the slope of the road is -12/100. Approximate the amount of horizontal change in your position if you note from elevation markers that you have descended 2000 feet vertically.
I stuck I don't get it can you help. Thanks Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! One way to explain it is:
If you are driving down a 12% grade, You will aways be 12%
below where you would have been if you could have
driven on flat ground from where you started.
Say you descend 2 ft. You are 12% below what? ft from start
That's how far you would have driven on flat ground
Say you descend 20 ft. You are 12% below what? ft from start
That's how far you would have driven on flat ground
Say you decend 2000 ft. You are 12% below what? ft from start
Also how far you would have driven on flat ground
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Suppose you are on a 1% grade and you descend 2000 ft.
If you had been on flat ground from the start, you
would have driven: ft from start
The same thing works for hills, too
If I'm on a 1% grade going uphill, and I gained 2000 ft
vertically, where would I be if I had driven on flat ground? ft from start -the same answer, but now I'm
looking down at where I started, instead of looking up.
Hope this helps.Drawing pictures is a good idea, too
