Question

A mountain climber is climbing from the top of a 15,000-foot peak to the top of a 19,000-foot peak. The horizontal distance between the two peaks is 3,000 feet.

What is the average slope to get from the first peak to the second peak

Answer 1

Determine the height of a mountain if the elevation of its top at an unknown distance from the base is 30∘ and at a distance 10 km further off from the mountain, along the same line , the angle of elevation is 15∘ . (Use tan15∘ = 0.27)

Explanation:

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Answer 2

53.1 degrees

Explanation:

The 4 thousand foot elevation gain (19 000 - 15000) is one leg of a right triangle.....the other leg is the horizontal 3000 ft

Slope of the hypotenuse will be arc tan ( 4 000 / 3000)

( remember tan of angle = opposite side/ adjacent side ?)

= 53.1°