Question

If a plane loses 600 feet in altitude over a horizontal distance of 14,000 feet what is the slope

Answer 1

-3/70.

Explanation:

Slope is rise over run. The rise (or descend in this case) is 600, and the run, or the distance it goes is 14,000. you can turn this into a fraction; -600/14000. (it is negative because the altitude is decreasing). you can reduce this fraction to -3/70.