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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Jadiel Rose

4 June, 00:34

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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Ralph · Answer 1

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.