Question

The measure of a road’s slope is called the grade. The grade of a road is measured in a percentage, for how many vertical feet the road rises or declines over 100 feet. For example, a road with a grade incline of 5% means that for every 100 horizontal feet the road rises 5 vertical feet. Which of the following is the slope of a road with a grade decline of 8%? Select one: A. −252 B. 225 C. −225 D. 252

Answer 1

$\bf \underset{\stackrel{\textit{declining}}{\textit{so it's negative}}}{\stackrel{\textit{grade of 8\%}}{-\cfrac{8}{100}}}\implies \stackrel{\textit{slope}}{-\cfrac{\stackrel{rise}{8}}{\stackrel{run}{100}}}\implies -\cfrac{2}{25}$