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Originally Posted by kyledr
So this means a 1000 foot rise over 1000 feet is 50% grade and 45 degrees, for instance. So if you want to convert from % to degrees multiply the percent in decimal form (multiply by .01 I think) by 90.
No. 1000' in 1000' = 100%. Zero percent is perfectly flat, and straight up is infinite percent (no matter how far you climb, you never go forward, so you'd be dividing by zero, which is by definition infinity.

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