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What is the slope of mountain that descends 100 meters for every horizontal distance of 1000 meters

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Answer:

100 m i think

Explanation:

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The slope of any measurement is defined mathematically as the change or the difference of the y values divided by the x or the horizontal values.

In this case it would be 100 m/ 1000m or 1/10.
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