Question 181552
A certain highway is straight and makes a steep descent toward the city. The highway has a 6% grade, which means that its slope is -6/100. Driving on the road, you notice from elevation signs that you have descended a distance of d = 500 ft. What is the change in your horizontal distance? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) 
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For each 100' you drive, you descend 6 feet, or each 6 feet of descent takes 100 feet of driving.
Each foot of descent is 100/6 feet of driving.
500 feet of descent would take 500*(100/6) feet of driving.
= 50000/6
= 8,333 feet