Geologists investigating a landslide surveyed the elevation of a hillside and found it to be 876 m  at the bottom and 955 m  at the top. The survey points were 496 m  apart from each other. How steep  is this hillside in percent if 45 degrees is a 100% grade?   slope percent =     %

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Principles of Seepage

In hydrology, when water flows down in a pore or crack of unsaturated soil due to gravity, the deep layer of soil is called seepage. It is the slow movement of water in the soil layer. Seepage is mainly found near hydraulic structures and is responsible for the stability of earthen-type hydraulic structures.