An airplane flies an altitude of 38,000 feet. As it nears the airport, the plane begins to descent at a rate of 600 feet per minute. At this rate, how many minutes will the plane take to descent to 18,800 feet?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-20T00:12:54

32 minutes

Altitude descended # 38000 - 18800 = 19200 #ft

Descent rate (vertical speed) = 600ft/min

#"speed" = "distance"/"time"#

so #"time" = "distance"/"speed"#

#t = 19200/600 = 32#