Since the vertical gain is 7,539 feet (found by subtracting
6,571 from 14,110), you can find the horizontal distance (if it
were thought of as a right triangle) by dividing .16 into it.
So the horizontal change is 47,118 feet.
Then using the Pythagorean
Theorem, the total amount of track would be 47,718 feet or 9.03 miles
(the Pike's Peak website lists the actual amount of track as 8.9 miles and the
average grade as 15%).
The angle of elevation is found by taking
the inverse tangent of 0.16, which is 9.09 degrees.
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