document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=236468>Question 236468</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Driving down a mountain, George finds that he has descended 1400 ft in elevation by the time he is 3.25 miles 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( "So moved 17160 feet away horizontally from the mountain.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "TAN^-1 (1400/17160) = 4.66 degrees slope. </SPAN>\n" );
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