document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=118786>Question 118786</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. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "THE SLOPE FORMULA IS USED HERE:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(0-1800)/(3.25*5280-0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1800/17160=-.1 IS THE SLOPE OF THIS DESCENT. </SPAN>\n" );
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