document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=105485>Question 105485</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An airplane covered 14 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 13,000 feet.  Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent.  Round to the nearest hundredth.  [Hint: 1 mi = 5280 feet.] </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=slope=rise%2Frun ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"slope=rise%2Frun\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "14*5280=73920<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=slope=13000%2F73920 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"slope=13000%2F73920\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope=.18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "since it is decreasing it would be negative<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.18<BR>\n" );
document.write( ":) </SPAN>\n" );
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