an airplane is at an altitude of 34,125 ft. the plane descends at a rate of 1,975 ft/min. about how long does it take the plane

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a_sh-v [17]

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an airplane is at an altitude of 34,125 ft. the plane descends at a rate of 1,975 ft/min. about how long does it take the plane

to reach an altitude of 2100 feet (explain your answer)

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Svetradugi [14.3K] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-28T12:36:15+03:00

Svetradugi [14.3K]3 years ago

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34,125 - 2,100 = 32,025

32,025/ 1,975 = 16.21 = 16

It will take 16 minutes for the plane to reach an altitude of 2,100 ft, because it has to descend a total of 32,025 ft at a rate of 1,975 ft per minute.