document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=72632>Question 72632</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" );
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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.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One of the definitions of slope is \"rise over run\", descending means the slope will be negative<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rise would be 1800 ft, and run would be 3.25 mi,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "convert 3.25 mi to ft also: 3.25 * 5280 = 17160 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1800%2F17160 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1800%2F17160\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = -.104895, .10 to the nearest hundredth </SPAN>\n" );
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