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Question 92822: An airplane covered 9 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 36,000 feet. Find the slope of the airplan's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth. {hint: 1 mi=5280 feet} Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! An airplane covered 9 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 36,000 feet. Find the slope of the airplan's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth. {hint: 1 mi=5280 feet}
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slope = change in altitude/horizontal change
slope = -36000/[9*5280] = -0.758
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Stan H.
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