A hot air balloon ascended to a height of 25 meters 2 minutes after launch. After some time, the balloon's altitude began to cha
nge by -2⅕ meters every minute for 7 minutes. To avoid a tree, the balloon flew up by 8½ meters. What is the new altitude of the balloon? expression for problem?
For this problem, we will simply use the initial height of 0 meters, the height of 25 meters after 2 minutes, the decline of 2.2 meters every minute for 7 minutes, and a final increase of 8.5 meters to find the final altitude of the ballon.
