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A plane descends to sea level from 12,000ft12,000 \mathrm{ft} after being airborne for 112hr1 \frac{1}{2} \mathrm{hr}. The entire flight time is 2hr10 min2 \mathrm{hr} 10 \mathrm{~min}. Find the average rate of descent of the plane.

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To solve this problem we need to use the following formula (for determining the rate of change and the given points of data).

m=y2y1x2x1m=\frac{y_{2}-y_{1}}{x_{2}-x_{1}}

And with these points (0 min,12000ft)(0 \mathrm{~min}, 12000 \mathrm{ft}) first point and (40 min,0ft)(40 \mathrm{~min}, 0 \mathrm{ft}) as (x1,y1)\left(x_{1}, y_{1}\right) and (x2,y2)\left(x_{2}, y_{2}\right) in the formula;

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