document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=117660>Question 117660</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \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. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #85763 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><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=85763\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> USING THE GRAPHING SYSTEM WE SET 2 POINTA @:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(0,1800) & (3.25*5280,0) OR (0,1800) & (17,160,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "USING THESE 2 SETS OF POINTS WE CAN FIND THE SLOPE (Y2-Y1)/(X2-X1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(0-1800)/(17,160-0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1800/17,160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.1048951 OR .10 IS THE SLOPE OF THIS DESCENT. </SPAN>\n" );
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