document.write( "Question 69031: Driving down a mountain, Tom finds that he has descended 1800 ft in elevation by the time he is 3.25 mi horizontally away from the top of the mountain. Find the slope of his descent to the nearest hundredth. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #49147 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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slope = vertical / horizontal
\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+1800+%2F+%283.25%2A5280%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+1800+%2F+17160\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"s+=+.10\"
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