document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1008376>Question 1008376</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  At an altitude of 12,250 feet,a hot air balloon springs a leak and begins to be descending at a rate of 450 ft. Per minute. The last opportunity for the crew to safely jump out with a parachute is 1900 feet above the ground. How long from the time they Sprung the leak will they have before they are required to jump, use an inequality and solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At an altitude of 12,250 feet, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "descending at a rate of 450 ft. Per minute.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the time they have to jump be x minutes\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let the height above ground be y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " The last opportunity for the crew to safely jump out with a parachute is 1900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The height after x minutes is given by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so y = 12250 - 450x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but they have to jump above 1900 feet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12250 - 250x >y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12250 -450x > 1900\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12250-1900 > 450x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "350>450x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "350/450 >x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x < 7/9 minutes \r<BR>\n" );
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