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An airplane is at an altitude of 42,000 feet before it begins to descend at a rate of 650 feet per minute. After how many minutes is the plane at an altitude of 16,000 feet?​

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Explanation:

(42000-16000) ft / (650 ft/min) = 40 minutes

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