SOLUTION: A plane takes off from an airport, which is 5500 ft above sea level, and climbs to 30,000 ft at a constant rate of 1000 ft/min. Find a linear function for the height of the plane

Question 906384: A plane takes off from an airport, which is 5500 ft above sea level, and climbs to 30,000 ft at a constant rate of 1000 ft/min. Find a linear function for the height of the plane in terms of the time after take-off.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A plane takes off from an airport, which is 5500 ft above sea level, and climbs to 30,000 ft at a constant rate of 1000 ft/min. Find a linear function for the height of the plane in terms of the time after take-off.
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h(t) = 5500 + 1000t (h in feet, t in minutes)
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