Question 1197792: an airplane at an altitude of 24,0000 feet descends at a rate of 500 feet per mile, how many miles did the plane descend when it reached 13,000 feet?
Found 3 solutions by ewatrrr, Alan3354, greenestamps:
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source):
Answer by Alan3354(69443)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! an airplane at an altitude of 24,0000 feet descends at a rate of 500 feet per mile, how many miles did the plane descend when it reached 13,000 feet?
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Gibberish.
Try again.
Answer by greenestamps(13209)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The plane descended 24,000-13,000 = 11,000 feet.
Since it descended at a rate of 500 feet every mile, the number of miles it traveled was 11,000/500 = 22.
ANSWER: 22 miles
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