If you are hiking in the mountains and for every 10000 feet

If you are hiking in the mountains and for every 100.00 feet you are walking horizontally, you have increased you elevation by 5.00 feet. What slope are you having to climb?

Solution

slope = rise / run

or we can say slope = vertical distance / horizontal distance

so for every 100 feet horizontally elevation is increased by 5 feet

therefore, horizontal distance = 100

vertical = 5

slope = 5 / 100 = 1 / 20

slope = 1/20