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Old 07-18-07, 09:34 AM
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Wikipedia has a pretty good explanation. I think it is more complicated. The answer previously given that a 45 degree angle is a 100% grade is correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slope

See the section on calculating the slope of a road/railroad:

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