SOLUTION: If Santa's sleigh is flying at an altitude of 1200 ft and begins to descend at a rate of 25 feet per second. And at the same time a plane is flying at 900 ft and begings to ascend
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Question 1012239: If Santa's sleigh is flying at an altitude of 1200 ft and begins to descend at a rate of 25 feet per second. And at the same time a plane is flying at 900 ft and begings to ascend at a rate of 35 ft per second. How many seconds does Santa have to turn the sleigh before he and the reindeer become Christmas toast. Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
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T=seconds
sleigh's altitude=1200-25T
planes altitude=900+35T
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sleigh's altitude=plane's altitude
1200-25T=900+35T
300=60T
5=T
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The plane and the sleigh will be at the same
altitude in 5 seconds.
