Which hill described in the table is the steepest and why?

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

is it Dixie hill? *how many feet does it rise for every foot of horizontal travel??

butterflydreamer · Answer

the steepest hill will be the hill with the largest gradient :)
Rise/run
Therefore you're correct with saying it is Dixie Hill

anonymous · Answer

Does it rise 5 feet for every 3 feet of horizontal travel?

butterflydreamer · Answer

you're close :)
Since we want to find how many feet does it RISE for every horizontal foot, 
we would do 100/ 60 = 5/3
Therefore  it rises 3 feet for every 5 horizontal feet

butterflydreamer · Answer

do you understand why?
100 is the horizontal feet
60 is the vertical feet.

anonymous · Answer

it's either what I said or 3/5 foot for every 1 foot though..

butterflydreamer · Answer

well, remember slope = rise / run
slope = 60/ 100
slope = 3/5
This means that for every 1 foot horizontal, it is 3/5 feet vertical