from a base elevation of 9400ft a mountain peak in colorado rises to a summit elevation of 14,459ft find the grade of the peak. round to the nearest tenth as needed

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from a base elevation of 9400ft a mountain peak in colorado rises to a summit elevation of 14,459ft find the grade of the peak.  round to the nearest tenth as needed

anonymous · Answer

what's a grade...

anonymous · Answer

o a slope lol my bad never heard of it

anonymous · Answer

Part of the question must be missing to have grade you need the change in elevation 5059 feet but you also need to know the horizontal distance and grade would then express the elevation/distance as a percent.

anonymous · Answer

from a base elevation of 9400ft a moutain peak in colorado rises to a summit elevation of 14,459ft over a horizontal distance of 15,835ft.  find the grade of the peak is what %
round answer to nearest tenth as needed

anonymous · Answer

so you go up 5059 feet (14459-9400) and 15,835 horizontal: rise/run: 5059/15835 and that = .319482 or about 32%....

anonymous · Answer

thanks kantalope you're very smart

anonymous · Answer

not really but thanks...i've spent a lot of time today dealing with rise / run problems =)