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A plane descends by 4500 ft in 5 minutes. What is the change in the plane’s elevation each minute?

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so 5 mins = 4500 ft. to change 5 to 1 we divide by five. what you do to one side of the equation you must do to the other, so divide 4500 by 5 to get 900. the change in elevation is 900 ft per minute.
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