Suppose you are driving on an uphill road whose slope pitch

Suppose you are driving on an uphill road whose slope (pitch) is 2/13 miles. Determine your vertical change after you have driven a horizontal distance of 50 miles.

Solution

Slope is 2/13 = 0.1538

Slope = Rise/Run

Since run = 50 miles

Therefore rise= slope × run

=0.1538× 50

=7.692