document.write( "Question 37320: Determine Slope. A man decends 1800 feet of elevation @ 3.25 miles horizontally away from the top of the mountain. What is the slope of decent \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #22971 by hydromojo(20) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Draw a right angled triangle with the right angle to the left (i did it this way, no rule that you should too -just for this explanation)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then, your hypotenuse = 3.25miles
\n" ); document.write( "your height is 1800 ft\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3.25miles = 3.25*1.6 Km = 3.25*1.6*1000m = 3.25*1.6*1000*3.3ft = 17,160 feet\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The tangent of the base acute angle = $\"+1800%2F17160+\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "i dont have a calculator handy to do this, but you're one step from the answer. \n" ); document.write( "

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