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If a plane loses 1400 feet in altitude over a horizontal distance of 8000 feet what is the slope? A. -40 —- 7 B. -7 —- 40 C. 7 —— 40 D. 40 —- 7

If a plane loses 1400 feet in altitude over a horizontal distance of 8000 feet what is the slope? A. -40 —- 7 B. -7 —- 40 C. 7 —— 40 D. 40 —- 7
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If a plane loses 1400 feet in altitude over a horizontal distance of 8000 feet what is the slope?

A. -40
—-
7

B. -7
—-
40

C. 7
——
40

D. 40
—-
7

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This would be a rise over run solution, which means the answer would be -1400/8000, when simplified this equals -40/7, a.
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