document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=58183>Question 58183</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An airplane covered 20 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 34,000 feet.  Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent.  Round to the nearest hundredth.  [Hint: 1 mi = 5280 feet.] </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "slope = -34000/5280 = -6.439 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "This means for every foot he goes forward he decends 6.39 ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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