If a road has a 4% grade and rises 200 feet, what is the run?

Solution:

Given, grade = 4%

Rise = 200 feet

We have to find the run.

We know that slope or the grade is given by 

slope = rise/run

The formula to find the run is

Run = rise / (grade/100)

We can write it as

Run = (rise/grade) × 100

Substituting the values

Run = (200/4)100

So we get

Run = 50(100)

Run = 5000 feet.

Therefore, the run is 5000 feet.

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If a road has a 4% grade and rises 200 feet, what is the run?

Summary:

If a road has a 4% grade and rises 200ft, the run is 5000 feet.