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A hot-air balloon at 1020 feet descends at a rate of 85 feet per minute. Let y represent the height of the balloon and let x represent the number of minutes the balloon descends. Write an equation that relates the height of the hot-air balloon to the number of minutes it descends.

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Answer:

this is old

Explanation:

dang made in 2017

User Robert Horvick
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y=1020-85x because since it's a decrease it would be goung do, hence the subtraction
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