document.write( "Question 127123: An airplane covered 13 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 18,000 feet. Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth \n" ); document.write( "
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Slope = Rise/Run
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\n" ); document.write( "\"m=-0.2622\"
\n" ); document.write( "The slope is -0.26 rounded to the nearest hundreth.\r
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