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What is a grade in geometry?

For questions like a roads grade is ~something~. I don't really understand what the grade of a road is.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    "Grade" means slope, which can be given as a percentage. The slope of a line on a coordinate plane can be found by the formula: Slope=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1).

  • 9 years ago

    grade of a road is the slope or incline of the road. ie How steep.

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