Question

The location of two hikers is marked on the topographic map at right as points Q and S. Each hiker

climbed to point R along the path indicated by the arrow. What was the change in elevation for
the hiker who took the steepest path to point R? Record your answer in the box below. Be sure to
use the correct place value.

Answer 1

The person who took the steepest path is obviously S, the contour lines are closer together indicating that. The change in elevation between the point were the hiker starts and ends is 50 meters.