SOLUTION: One more that I cannot get even with working on it for 2 days! an airplane covered 13 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 18,000 ft. Find the slope of the airplan

Question 90598: One more that I cannot get even with working on it for 2 days!
an airplane covered 13 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 18,000 ft. Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth. (Hint: 1 mi = 5280 Ft)
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
an airplane covered 13 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 18,000 ft. Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth. (Hint: 1 mi = 5280 Ft)
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slope = vertical change/horizontal change
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slope = 18,000 ft/[13*5280 ft} = 0.2622...
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Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Recalling that slope is "rise over run", in this case, the "rise" (really a drop) is 18,000 ft. and the run is 13 miles or 68,640 ft.
The slope is:

Rounded to the nearest hundredth.
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