Question

To avoid a storm, a passenger-jet pilot descended 0.44 mile in 0.8 minutes. What was the planes average change of altitude per minute?

Answer 1

The average change of altitude per minute would simply be the ratio of distance descended over time. That is:

average change of altitude = distance / time

average change of altitude = 0.44 mile / 0.8 minutes

average change of altitude = 0.55 mile / minute