SOLUTION: An airplane traveling at 250 mph is descending at an angle of 5 degrees. How many miles will the plane decrease in altitude in 8 minutes? Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.

Algebra.Com
Question 1150163: An airplane traveling at 250 mph is descending at an angle of 5 degrees. How many miles will the plane decrease in altitude in 8 minutes? Round to the nearest tenth of a mile.
Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

In each minute, the plane's height decrease is    miles.


In 8 minutes, the plane's height decrease is 8 times this value. i.e.    miles.


RELATED QUESTIONS

an airplane traveling at 285 mph is descending at an angle of 5 degrees. How many miles... (answered by lwsshak3)
An airplane traveling at 240 mph is descending at an angle of depression of 6 degrees.... (answered by stanbon)
an airplane travel at 300 mph is descending at an angle of depression of 6 degrees. How... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)
An airplane traveling at 225 mph is descending at an angle of 5 degrees. How many miles... (answered by Alan3354)
An airplane traveling at 900 kph is descending at an angle of depression of 10°. How... (answered by mananth)
An Airplane climbs at an angle of 11 degrees at an average speed of 420 mph. How long... (answered by rothauserc)
a submarine traveling at 9.0 mph is descending at an angle of depression of 6 degrees.... (answered by TimothyLamb)
Time of Descent: A submarine traveling at 240 mph is descending at an angle of... (answered by Alan3354)
A submarine is traveling at 9 m.p.h. and is descending at an angle of depression of 5... (answered by lwsshak3)