SOLUTION: An airplane covered 15 mi of its route while decreasing its altitude by 24,000 ft. Find the slope of the line of descent that was followed. (1 mi=5280 ft) Round to the nearest hund

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: An airplane covered 15 mi of its route while decreasing its altitude by 24,000 ft. Find the slope of the line of descent that was followed. (1 mi=5280 ft) Round to the nearest hundredth. This question is from textbook

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the "rise over run" model of slope. In this case the rise, or fall, of the plane is 24,000 ft (about 4.54 mi) and the run is 15 mi. So the slope is
of course this figure is approximate and not truly equal.
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