Some slopes for airport underground baggage ramps can be as steep as 90 degrees. The slope is necessary to both save space and facilitate the travel of the baggage to the underground area to be sorted.
A ramp agent at the airport assists the airplane coming into the gate (Most of them are aircraft mechanics). They also help push the airplane out to a certain distance from the gate (when the plane leaves for take off). Ramp agents also help with baggage loading and unloading.
The maximun slope of an ADA ramp is 8.3% or 12:1.
yes
The answer depends on what causes the difficulty: the steepness or the distance which you have to run.
a ramp
Increase the IMA
it depends...a ramp with transitions at top and bottom can be steeper than one without, because severe change in slope can cause the vehicle to bottom out.
Changing the slope of the ramp will affect the speed of the vehicle going down it.
increasing
Slope is defined as 'rise over run' in other words: take the height of the ramp and divide it by the length of the ramp. This gives you the slope. y2-y1/x2-x1
The independent variable is the slope of the ramp because you vary the slope in the experiment. How far the marble travels is the dependent variable because that is what you are measuring.
Either decrease the slope of the ramp, increase the friction on the axels of the car, or make the tires stick to the ramp in some fashion.