SOLUTION: Lick Skillet Road, near Boulder, Colorado, climbs 792 ft over a horizontal distance of 5280 ft. What is the grade of the road? grade=rate
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Question 343439: Lick Skillet Road, near Boulder, Colorado, climbs 792 ft over a horizontal distance of 5280 ft. What is the grade of the road? grade=rate Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Grade is simply the ratio of rise to run expressed as a percent. Divide 792 by 5280, move the decimal point two places right, and slap a percent sign on the end. I would round to one decimal place or express it as a mixed fraction myself.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
