Slope Ratio

Find the slope of the line (12, -5), (12, 7)

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• 12

• Undefined

• 1

• None of these

Find the slope of the line (-9, 7), (12, -7)

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• 1

• -16/19

• -2/3

• None of these

Find the slope of the line (-13, 5), (6, 8)

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• 3/19

• -18/13

• 1

• None of these

Find the slope of the line (-4, 5), (16, 6)

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• -9

• 1/20

• 1

• None of these

Find the slope of the line (-7, 15), (6, 8)

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• 1

• -22/14

• -7/13

• None of these

If an aircraft can move forward 32 feet for every one foot that it loses in altitude, what would the SLOPE of its flight path be?

• 32:1

A glider has a GLIDE RATIO of 24:1. If the glider is 120 feet lower than where it started in the sky, how far has it traveled horizontally?

• 2,880 feet

• 120 feet

• 5 feet

• None of the above

If the slope of the path traveled by a glider in the sky is -\frac{3}{75}, how many feet does it move forward for every 1 foot of altitude that it loses during flight?

• 3 feet 

• 25 feet

• 75 feet

• 225 feet

If the slope of the path traveled by a glider in the sky is -\frac{4}{110}, how many feet of altitude will it lose after traveling a horizontal distance of 1375 feet?

• 12.5

• 27.5

• 50

• 440