SOLUTION: Technology. 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 s

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Question 117660:
Technology. 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.
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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USING THE GRAPHING SYSTEM WE SET 2 POINTA @:
(0,1800) & (3.25*5280,0) OR (0,1800) & (17,160,0)
USING THESE 2 SETS OF POINTS WE CAN FIND THE SLOPE (Y2-Y1)/(X2-X1)
(0-1800)/(17,160-0)
-1800/17,160
-.1048951 OR .10 IS THE SLOPE OF THIS DESCENT.