Problema Solution
A portion of the road A climbs steadily for 210 ft over a horizontal distance of 2,549 feet. A portion of the road B climbs steadily for 172 feet over a horizontal distance of 1,925 feet. Which road is steeper?
Answer provided by our tutors
To compare the steepness of two objects (roads) compute the ratio:
vertical distance/horizontal distance
for each object. The object with the larger ratio is the steeper object.
Road A:
210 / 2549 = 0.0824
Road B:
170 / 1925 = 0.0883
Since 0.0883 > 0.0824 road B is steeper.