a wheelchair ramp at a certain campus is designed so that every vertical rise of 1 foot is accompanied by a horizontal run of 13 feet. What is the grade of such a ramp? round answer to nearest tenth of percent.

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anonymous · Answer

I got 1/13 = 0.07 = 7% is this right?

anonymous · Answer

or is it 0.10= 10%

anonymous · Answer

rise/run = grade. that sounds right to me.  but it rounds to .08

anonymous · Answer

tenth, got it.

anonymous · Answer

Yeah i meant to say 8 thanks lol

anonymous · Answer

if you round the .0769 to the nearset tenth, it is .10 as you stated.

anonymous · Answer

thanks

anonymous · Answer

sure, good luck.