Question

he slope distance between two points BM1 and TP1 is 600.00 ft. These two points arelocated on an inclined plane. A level is used to measure the backsight on BM1 (2.50 ft) andthe foresight on TP1 (10.20 ft). What is the horizontal length of the line to nearest 0.01 f

Answer 1

the height is 599.950

Explanation:

The computation of the horizontal length of the line is shown below:

The vertical distance is

= 10.20ft - 2.50ft

= 7.70 ft

Now use the pythagoreans theorem to determine the length of the line horizontally i.e presented below;

√horizontal distance^2 + √vertical distance^2 = Slope

√horizontal distance^2 + √7.7^2 = 600

So the height is 599.950