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On a -foot 600 stretch of highway through the mountains, the road rises by a total of 30 feet. Find the slope of the road.

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Given:


\begin{gathered} stretch\text{ }distance=600feet \\ rises\text{ }distance=30feet \end{gathered}

To Determine: The slope

The slope is given by the formula


slope(s)=\frac{rises\text{ distance}}{stretch\text{ distance}}

Substitute the given into the formula


\begin{gathered} s=(30feet)/(600feet) \\ s=(1)/(20) \end{gathered}
s=0.05

Hence, the slope is 1/20 or 0.05

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