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A sign along the highway says 6% grade for the next 7 mi. How many feet of vertical change there are along those 7 miles. (5280 feet

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Explanation:

The length of the road is 7 * 5280 = 36960 feet

The grade is 6% which means that for every 100 feet horizontally, the road rises 6 feet.

6/100 * 36960 = 221760/100 = 2217.6 is the rise.

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