Question 273603: Driving down a mountain, George finds that he has descended 1800 ft in elevation by the time he is 3.25 miles horizontally away from the top of the mountain. Find the slope of his descent to the nearest hundredth.
Answer by checkley77(12844)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The 2 points are:
(0,1,800) & (17,160,0)
Slope=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
Slope=0-1,800)/17,160-0)
Slope=-1,800/17,160
Slope=-.104895 or -.10
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