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Suppose there is a 1.1f drop in temperature for every thousand feet that an airplane climbs into the sky. If the temperature on the ground is ​64.4 f , what will be the temperature when the plane reaches an altitude of 6,000 ft

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Answer:

57.8f

Explanation:

every 1000 feet there's a 1.1f drop

6000/1000 = 6, 6*1.1f = 6.6f

64.4f-6.6f = 57.8f

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