SOLUTION: Technology: Driving down a mountain, Tom finda 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 o

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Question 66053This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: Technology: Driving down a mountain, Tom finda 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 hundredth.
Any help with this problem is appreciated.Thanks This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by Cintchr(481) About Me  (Show Source):
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First you must realize you are working with 1800 FEET (rise) and 3.25 MILES (run).
You MUST convert one of these in order to make it work. I would convert the feet to miles.
+5280%2F1800+=+0.293+ the three repeats so this is a viable distance.
slope = m = rise/run
+m+=+0.293%2F3.25+
Divide
+m+=+0.0901538+ This goes on an on
round to the nearest hundreth
+m+=+0.09+ or +m+=+9%2F100+