document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=24901>Question 24901</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Technology.  Driving down a mountain, Tom finds that he has descended 1800ft 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. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope is Rise over run.  Rise = 1800 ft and run = 3.25 miles.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope = (1800 ft.)/(3.25 miles)  Conver miles to feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 mole = 5,280 ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.25 miles = 3.25(5,280)ft. = 17,160 ft.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slope = 1,800/17,160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope = 0.104895<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slope = 0.1 to the nearest hundredth. </SPAN>\n" );
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