SOLUTION: if i travel 15 miles up a constant 5% incline, what will be my net change in elevation?

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Question 1037440: if i travel 15 miles up a constant 5% incline, what will be my net change in elevation?
Found 3 solutions by thesvw, ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by thesvw(77)   (Show Source):
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5% inclined means if you travel 100, you elevate 5. So here the calculation is simple.
which means you elevated 7.5 miles. Cheers!

Answer by ikleyn(53937)   (Show Source):
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5% inclined means if you travel 100, you elevate 5. So here the calculation is simple.

which means you elevated 0.75 miles.

Answer by MathTherapy(10858)   (Show Source):
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if i travel 15 miles up a constant 5% incline, what will be my net change in elevation?

A constant 5% () elevation means that for every 5 units you've elevated, you've traveled 100 miles, as indicated by slope, or m, which is:

Hence, we get the following PROPORTION: ======>
100U = 75 --------Cross-multiplying
U, or units elevated after travelling 15 miles: , or