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 desc

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Question 118786: 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 TECHNIQUE WE HAVE TWO POINTS (0,1800) & (3.25*5280,0)
THE SLOPE FORMULA IS USED HERE:
(0-1800)/(3.25*5280-0
-1800/17160=-.1 IS THE SLOPE OF THIS DESCENT.