document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=90598>Question 90598</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One more that I cannot get even with working on it for 2 days! <BR>\n" );
document.write( "an airplane covered 13 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 18,000 ft. Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth. (Hint: 1 mi = 5280 Ft) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #65768 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><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=65768\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Recalling that slope is \"rise over run\", in this case, the \"rise\" (really a drop) is 18,000 ft. and the run is 13 miles or 68,640 ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The slope is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m+=+18000%2F68640 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m+=+18000%2F68640\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m+=+0.26 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m+=+0.26\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Rounded to the nearest hundredth. </SPAN>\n" );
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