To avoid a storm, a passenger-jet pilot descended 0.44 mile in 0.8 minutes. What was the planes average change of altitude per minute?

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Cason Hammond

Mathematics

10 January, 09:38

To avoid a storm, a passenger-jet pilot descended 0.44 mile in 0.8 minutes. What was the planes average change of altitude per minute?

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Xander Singleton · Answer 1

The average change of altitude per minute would simply be the ratio of distance descended over time. That is:

average change of altitude = distance / time

average change of altitude = 0.44 mile / 0.8 minutes

average change of altitude = 0.55 mile / minute