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3 February, 11:09

An airplane has begun its descent for a landing. When the airplane is 150 miles west of its destination, its altitude is 25,000 feet. When the airplane is 90 miles west of its destination, its altitude is 19,000 feet. If the airplane's descent is modeled by a linear function, where will the airplane be in relation to the runway when it hits ground level? A) airplane will over shoot the runway by 100 feet B) airplane will over shoot the runway by 1000 feet C) airplane will land short of the runway by 10 feet D) airplane will land short of the runway by 100 feet

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  1. 3 February, 11:39
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    The airplane has descended (25,000 - 19,000) = 6,000 feet

    while flying (150 - 90) = 60 miles.

    If the descent is modeled by a linear function, then the slope

    of the function is

    (-6000 ft) / (60 miles) = - 100 ft/mile.

    Since it still has 19,000 ft left to descend, at the rate of 100 ft/mi,

    it still needs to fly

    (19,000 ft) / (100 ft/mile) = 190 miles

    to reach the ground.

    It's located 90 miles west of the runway now. So if it continues

    on the same slope, it'll be 100 miles past the runway (east of it)

    when it touches down.
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