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The grade of a road is its slope written as a percent. A warningsign must be posted if a section of road has a grade of at least 8% and ismore than 750 feet long.a. Interpret and Apply A road rises 63 feet over a horizontal distanceof 840 feet. Should a warning sign be posted? Explain your thinking.b. Critical Thinking The grade of a section of road that stretches over ahorizontal distance of 1000 feet is 9%. How many feet does the roadrise over that distance?

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(a)Grade =7.5% (No warning sign is needed)

(b)Rise =90 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex]\text{Slope = }\dfrac{Rise}{Run}[/tex]

(a)

Rise = 63 feet

Run (Horizontal distance) = 840 feet.

[tex]\text{Slope = }\dfrac{63}{840}=0.075\\\\$Grade=Slope \times 100 = 0.075 \times 100 = 7.5\%[/tex]

A warning sign should not be posted since its grade is less than 8%.

(b)

Grade = 9%

Run (Horizontal distance) = 1000 feet.

Recall that:

Grade = Slope X 100

[tex]9 =\dfrac{Rise}{1000} \times 100\\\\9 =\dfrac{Rise}{10}\\\\$Rise = 9 \times 10 \\$Rise=90 feet[/tex]

The road rises 90 feet over a distance of 1000 feet.

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