Doh!
When I did the math, the 70 morphed into a 20.
You right.
A better example-
You want to get a train up 10 cm form ground, using a 3% grade. How far apart would the points be?
10/x = 3/100
using cross multiplication...
10 * 100 = 3x
1000 = 3x
333.3333~ = x
You would...
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Thanks All!
As I understand it- the equation is as follows....
(hight of high point minus hight of low point) over distance between points = percentage over 100
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