SOLUTION: Actually, this is a problem involving slope as well. Driving down a mountain, Tom finds that he has descended 1800 ft. in elevation by the time he is 3.25 mi. horizontally away

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Question 37247This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: Actually, this is a problem involving slope as well.
Driving down a mountain, Tom finds that he has descended 1800 ft. in elevation by the time he is 3.25 mi. horizontally away from the top of the mountain. Find the slope of his descent to the nearest hundreds.
I just cannot figure out the formula, if I knew it I could solve the problem. This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source):
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Driving down a mountain, Tom finds that he has descended 1800 ft. in elevation by the time he is 3.25 mi. horizontally away from the top of the mountain.
the formula for slope(m) is:
use these coordinates: (0,0) peak of mountain; (3.25,1800) where the x-axis tells you the amount of miles traveled, and the y-axis tells you the amount of feet you have descended.
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