document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=67115>Question 67115</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Technology. Driving down a mountain, Tom finds that he has descended 1800 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in elevation by the time he is 3.25 mi horizontally away from the top of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mountain. Find the slope of his descent to the nearest hundredth. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #47738 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Petredish1><B>Petredish1(5)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Petredish1><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=47738\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Well, slope is rise/run.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Instead of doing rise, why don't you take the 1,800 feet descended and divide that by the the amount of feet in 3.25 mi.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5,280 ft = 1 mile<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5,280 x 3.25 = 17,160\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then divide:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1,800/17,160\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What do you get?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=.1048951048951048951048951048951...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but what you're looking for is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10/100 or 1/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "meaning for every 1 foot down you are going 10 feet horizontally. :) </SPAN>\n" );
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