If you descend 1800 ft in elevation by the time you are 3.25 mi horizontally away from the top of a mountain, what would be the slope to the nearest hundreth.

Slope= change in altitude/horizontal distance.

change the miles unit to feet.

To calculate the slope, we need to convert the horizontal distance from miles to feet, as the units should be the same for both the change in altitude and the horizontal distance.

Since 1 mile is equal to 5280 feet, we can multiply the given horizontal distance of 3.25 miles by 5280 to convert it to feet.

3.25 miles * 5280 feet/mile = 17,160 feet

Now that we have converted the horizontal distance to feet, we can use the formula for slope:

Slope = change in altitude / horizontal distance

The change in altitude is given as 1800 feet, and the horizontal distance is 17,160 feet, so we can substitute these values into the formula:

Slope = 1800 feet / 17,160 feet

Calculating this division:

Slope = 0.1048

Rounding to the nearest hundredth, the slope is approximately 0.10.