document.write( "Question 78729: Technology: Driving down a moutain, Tom finds 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 hundredths. \n" ); document.write( "
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Tom finds 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 hundredths.
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\n" ); document.write( "One of the definitions of slope is \"rise over run\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Rise and run should be in the same units of measurement:
\n" ); document.write( "Change 3.25 mi to feet; 5280 * 3.25 = 17160 feet
\n" ); document.write( "However, since he descended, the slope will be negative
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\n" ); document.write( "m = \"Rise%2FRun\" = \"-1800%2F17160\" = -.105
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