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document.write( "An escalator descends 100feet for each horizontal distance of 240 feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An escalator descends 100feet for each horizontal distance of 240 feet<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tan(x) = -100/240<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = invtan(-100/240)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -22.62 degrees<BR>\n" );
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