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What is considered an incline?

Slides at the park, steep driveways, and shipping truck loading ramps are all examples of inclines. Inclines or inclined planes are diagonal surfaces that objects can sit on, slide up, slide down, roll up, or roll down. Inclines are useful since they can reduce the amount of force required to move an object vertically.



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When the slope angle equals 45 degrees, the rise is equal to the run. Expressed as a percentage, the slope of this angle is 100 percent.

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It doesn't matter exactly what it means, 20% is steeper than 10%. In surveying 20% is interpreted as 20% of a right angle (i.e. a brick wall) and so would be 18 degrees.

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