The grade on the west side would be the vertical rise divided by the horizontal run or 525 divided by 800' or rounded off to 66% (a steep grade as in an underground mine a grade of 25% is considered very steep for vehicles to go up or conveyors to travel). On the east side the 40% grade was obtained by dividing the 525' vertical height by the 1300' run.
She forgot to convert hrs to minutes, A.
Split the second term in 5x^2 + 23x + 26 into two terms
5x^2 + 13x + 10x + 26
Factor out common terms in the first two terms, then in the last two terms
x(5x + 13) + 2(5x + 13)
Factor out the common term; 5x + 13
<u>(5x + 13)(x + 2)</u>