You are driving up a straight mountain road which has a slope of 75.00 feet per mile.If you are initially at an altitude of 791 feet and later at an altitude of 819 feet, how many horizontal miles have you driven?

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You are driving up a straight mountain road which has a slope of 75.00 feet per mile.If you are initially at an altitude of 791 feet and later at an altitude of 819 feet, how many horizontal miles have you driven? ​

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The change in altitude is 819 - 791 = 28 feet. Since the slope is 75 feet per mile, the horizontal distance covered is 28 feet / 75 feet per mile = 0.3733 miles, which rounds to 0.37 miles.

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