SOLUTION: An airplane covered 14 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 39,000 feet. Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth. [Hint:

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: An airplane covered 14 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 39,000 feet. Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth. [Hint: 1 mi = 5280 feet.]
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This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

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An airplane covered 14 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 39,000 feet. Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth. [Hint: 1 mi = 5280 feet.]
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SLOPE OF DECENT =TAN(T)=39000'/14 MILES=39000/(14*5280)=0.528=0.53

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