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Ten seconds after a plane in an air-show dives, it is 200 feet from where it began. After 30 seconds, it is 600 feet from where it began. At what rate is the plane diving?
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Ten seconds after a plane in an air-show dives, it is 200 feet from where it began. After 30 seconds, it is 600 feet from where it began. At what rate is the plane diving?

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20 feet per second, if it has been diving for a total of 40 seconds and lost 800 feet then assuming it is moving at a linear rate you divide the total amount of fps by the total distance. equation for speed is time/distance=speed.
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