Question

A hiking trail rises 6 feet for every horizontal change of 100 feet. What is the slope of the hiking trail?

Answer 1

Given:

A hiking trail rises 6 feet for every horizontal change of 100 feet.

To find:

The slope of the hiking trail.

Solution:

We have,

Rise = 6 ft

Run = 100 ft

We know that

$Slope=\dfrac{Rise}{Run}$

$Slope=\dfrac{6}{100}$

$Slope=0.06$

Therefore, the slope of the hiking trail is 0.06.