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A hot air balloon descends at a rate of 320 feet per minute for 3 minutes. Use integers to calculate and represent the balloons total change in altitude.
Can you please tell me what I am supposed to do?
(What I think:
320ft * 3 min = 960 ft
I dont know what to do next...)
Can someone explain I'm so confused
I need help plz
I'm confused
To calculate the total change in altitude of the hot air balloon, you need to multiply the rate at which it descends by the duration of the descent. In this case, the rate of descent is 320 feet per minute, and the duration is 3 minutes.
So, you correctly multiplied the rate of descent (320 ft) by the duration (3 min) to get 960 ft. That means that the balloon descends a total of 960 feet during the 3-minute period.
Therefore, the total change in altitude of the hot air balloon is 960 feet.