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An airplane covered 12 miles of its route while decreasing its altitude by 48,000 feet. Find the slope of the airplane's line of descent. Round to the nearest hundredth. [Hint: 1 mi = 5280 feet.]

2007-06-24 07:15:18 · 2 answers · asked by dominique j 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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slope = rise over run = -48000/(12*5280) = -0.757575758 = -0.76

2007-06-24 07:18:16 · answer #1 · answered by Bob R. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋

48,000 ft = 9.09 miles

Angle of descent
= tan^(-1) (9.09 / 12)
= 37.1Â°

2007-06-28 13:48:47 · answer #2 · answered by Como 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋