Question

An airplane descends at a rate of 300 feet for every 5000 horizontal feet that the plane travels. What is the slope of the path of descent?

Answer 1

Slope = rise/ run
slope = -300/5000
slope = -3/50

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Answer 2

slope=-3/50

Explanation:

slope= y/x

y=-300

x=5000

substituting into the equation:

slope=-300/5000