airplane covered 15 mi of its route while decreasing its altitude by 31,000 ft. Find slope of planes descent?

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2007-07-29 13:16:48 · 3 answers · asked by Brije B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

slope = 31000 /15 = 2066.67 ft/mile of descent

2007-07-29 13:23:18 · answer #1 · answered by vlee1225 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Actually the slope would be negative, because it is a descent.
-.3914

2007-07-29 21:26:10 · answer #2 · answered by a simple man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

slope = 31,000/ (15*5280) = .3914

2007-07-29 20:30:34 · answer #3 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋