An airplane flying at an altitude of 32,000 feet descents at a rate of 1,300 feet per minute. It the plane descends for 15 minutes what would its altitude be in feet?

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anonymous · Answer

32000-(1300*15)

jdoe0001 · Answer

$\text{An airplane flying at an altitude of 32,000}\
\\text{ feet descents at a rate of  }\color{red}{\text{1,300 feet per minute.}}$

jdoe0001 · Answer

so in 15 minutes it will descend.... well

anonymous · Answer

The plane descends 1300 ft the first minute, descends 1300 ft the second minute making a total of 2600 ft and so on.  It will have descended a total of 19500 ft after 15 minutes.

anonymous · Answer

$$32000-19500=12500 ft$$

ybarrap · Answer

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