document.write( "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. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "In each minute, the plane's height decrease is  \"%28250%2Asin%285%5Eo%29%29%2F60\"  miles.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In 8 minutes, the plane's height decrease is 8 times this value. i.e.  \"8%2A%28%28250%2Asin%285%5Eo%29%29%2F60%29\"  miles.\r\n" );
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