How to Calculate the Vertical Exaggeration of a Cross Section

On Cross Sections graphs the horizontal scale is taken from the scale of the topographic map that it was drawn from.
However, when we draw a Cross Section Graph the vertical scale is usually exaggerated relative to the horizontal scale. This is because if both axes were done to the same scale, the vertical scale on the y axis would appear almost flat.
To calculate the vertical exaggeration of a cross section you would use the formula that is shown on screen here.
VE (Vertical Exaggeration) = Vertical Scale (VS)
Horizontal Scale HS)
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