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Coordinate navigator. Vertical rise at 1.6 m. Actual gradient 0.13 , Regulation gradient 0.75 . Currently actual gradient is short by 0.617.TUNING1.6 M
t = 0.0s

Actual gradient

0.13

Regulation gradient

0.75

1.6 m

Coordinate navigator. Vertical rise at 1.6 m. Actual gradient 0.13 , Regulation gradient 0.75 . Currently actual gradient is short by 0.617.

What has to balancem=ΔyΔxm = \frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}

What is happening

You arrive at a wheelchair ramp being designed for a village clinic.

The ramp will fail inspection. The regulation gradient is 0.75 over the available 12 m run, and the proposed rise does not match it.