As a car moves along a section of the roadway in a mountain pass, it passes through a horizontal run of 850 feet and through a vertical rise of 35 feet.
As a car moves along a section of the roadway in a mountain pass, it passes through a horizontal run of 850 feet and through a vertical rise of 35 feet.
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