SOLUTION: Driving down a mountain, George finds that he has descended 1400 ft in elevation by the time he is 3.25 miles horizontally away from the top of the mountain. Find the slope of his

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Question 236468: Driving down a mountain, George finds that he has descended 1400 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 JimboP1977(311) About Me  (Show Source):
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Convert miles to feet, 5280 feet in 1 mile.
So moved 17160 feet away horizontally from the mountain.
TAN^-1 (1400/17160) = 4.66 degrees slope.