document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=102299>Question 102299</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( "slope = -1800/[3.25*5280] = -0.015 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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