document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=111573>Question 111573</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "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.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SET THE STARTING POINT @ (0,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SET THE Y POINT @ -1,800 & THE X POINT @ 5,280*3.25=17,160.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THUS WE HAVE (0,0) & (17,160,-1800).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THE SLOPE IS (Y2-Y1)/X2-X1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-1800-0)/(17,160-0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1800/17,160=.1 IS THE SLOPE OF THIS DESCENT.   </SPAN>\n" );
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