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The Duquesne Incline, a cable car railway, rises 400 feet over a horizontal distance of 685 feet on its ascent to an overlook of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. What is the slope of the incline?

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Answer: 400/685, which simplifies to 80/137. Decimal is about 0.58.

Step-by-step explanation: To calculate the slope of an incline, all you have to do is put the rise over run. In other words, y/x. In this case, The Duquesne incline rises 400 feet while moving horizontally 685, which gives you both the x and the y.

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