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an airplane takes off at a rate of 2,000 feet per minute. how long will it take the plane to reach 50,000 feet

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It is going at a rate of 2000 ft every minute. So that is 2000 times every minute. Let setup an equation to solve this.

m = minutes

2000m = 50000
Lets solve for m, which is our minutes
2000m = 50000
m = 50000 / 2000
m = 25 minutes
It would take 25 minutes at a rate of 2000 ft/minute to reach 50000 ft

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