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Old 10-31-15, 07:05 AM
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Originally Posted by CliffordK
(110 feet rise) / (5280 feet in a mile) = 0.02 = 2% slope.
Off by an order of magnitude, by my reckoning.

110' = 33.5m

11 miles = 17700m

(33.5/17700)*100= 0.19%
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