SOLUTION: A zip lane is a taut rope or cable that you can ride down on a pulley the zip line at the right goes from a 9 feet tower to a 6 feet tall tower. The towers are 20 feet apart. What

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: A zip lane is a taut rope or cable that you can ride down on a pulley the zip line at the right goes from a 9 feet tower to a 6 feet tall tower. The towers are 20 feet apart. What is the slope of the zip lane? This question is from textbook Geometry

Answer by checkley71(8403)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
GRAPHING THIS PROBLEM WE HAVE TWO POINTS (0,9) & (20,6)
THUS THE SLOPE IS
(6-9)/20-0)
-3/20 IS THE SLOPE.

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