those percentage signsdoes anyone have an Idiot's Guide To Gradients Presented In Percentages?
I 'get' the 1:10 signs they used to have but things like 12%, 12% of what?
(I 'get' the 1:10 signs they used to have but things like 12%, 12% of what?
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Mon 19 Feb 2007, 20:31,
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12% fewer goats on the road.FACT.
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Mon 19 Feb 2007, 20:38,
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Is itpercentage of distance travelled you go up in height - eg a 1:5 gradient is one where you travel one metre in height for every five metres you go forwards, then a 20% means that for every five metres you go forwards, you go upwards one metre - one metre being 20% of 5 metres.
Was that the worst explanation ever? argh
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Mon 19 Feb 2007, 20:57,
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Was that the worst explanation ever? argh
aha, thank youso 0% is flat, 100% is a 45 degree road?
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Mon 19 Feb 2007, 21:03,
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