Question

A road rises 50 feet over a horizontal distance of 600 feet. What is the slope of the road?

Answer 1

1/12 (or 0.833)

Explanation:

Recall that the definition of "slope" is the change in vertical distance divided by the change in the horizontal distance. (aka. rise ÷ run)

it is given that rise = 50 feet and the horizontal distance (i.,e "run") = 600feet

hence slope = rise / run = 50 / 600 = 1/12 (or 0.833)

Answer 2

Answer: The slope of the road is
`(1)/(12)` or
`0.083`

Explanation:

You need to use the following formula for calculate the slope:

`m=(rise)/(run)`

Knowing that this road rises 50 feet over a horizontal distance of 600 feet, you can identify that:

`rise=50\ ft\\run=600\ ft`

Therefore, the final step is to substitute these values into the formula.

Then, the slope of the road is:

`m=(50\ ft)/(600\ ft)\\\\m=(1)/(12)\\\\m=0.083`