document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=116206>Question 116206</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Driving down a mountain, Tom finds that 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 hundredth.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "My first two equations I have so far is this: y=3.25x-1800  then y=325/100x-1800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Am I correct on the first two steps to continue?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank You,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Barb Neely </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #84556 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=84556\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We have a right angle triangle with base of 3.25 mi and altitude of 1800 ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.25*5280=17160 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now that we have everything in one measure we can work on the problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slope=rise/run<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1800/17160=.104895<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You want it to the nearest hundreth which is .10<BR>\n" );
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