How do you figure out slope, meaning rise over run, using stations with elevatin differences?

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How do you figure out slope, meaning rise over run, using stations with elevatin differences?

2006-08-31 11:55:47 · 4 answers · asked by Brian 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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you'd need their distance apart. say; one point was 500 ft and another was 400 ft, and their distance was 300 ft apart. it's an elevation decrease of 100 ft over a distance of 300 ft, or 100/300 or 1/3, which is the slope. (m=1/3)

2006-08-31 12:07:23 · answer #1 · answered by pobept 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

use the elevations of the stations to calculate difference between them -- that's your rise. the run is on your own

2006-08-31 12:06:03 · answer #2 · answered by Mary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

taking geometry again

2006-08-31 12:01:03 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Loving*Steph♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

by geomatery
or by trignomatery

2006-08-31 12:10:01 · answer #4 · answered by sarah m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋