SOLUTION: An airplane covered 14 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 13,000 feet. Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth. [Hint:

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Question 105485: An airplane covered 14 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 13,000 feet. Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth. [Hint: 1 mi = 5280 feet.]
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An airplane covered 14 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 13,000 feet. Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth. [Hint: 1 mi = 5280 feet.]
slope=rise%2Frun
14*5280=73920
slope=13000%2F73920
slope=.18
since it is decreasing it would be negative
-.18
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