SOLUTION: 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 des

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Question 56990: 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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CREATE TWO SETS OF POINTS AND CALCULATE THE SLOPE
(0,1800)THE STARTING POINT ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN (Y AXIS)
(3.25*5280,0)THE HORIZONTAL DISTANCE FROM THE STARTING POINT (X AXIS)
(0-1800)/(17160-0)
-1800/17160=-.1049