Homework Help: math

Posted by CL on Monday, July 5, 2010 at 6:38pm.

A straight road up a hill has a slope of 1/4. From the bottom of the hil to the top of the hill, the horizontal change is 80 m. Determine the height of the hill.

I'm thinking that it's 80/4 = 20 m.. but I'm not 100% sure.

math - Damon, Monday, July 5, 2010 at 8:15pm
You are correct.
math - Henry, Monday, July 5, 2010 at 8:21pm
Slope=1/4=Y/80, Y=80/4=20m.
You are right!

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