A pilot is flying an airplane due to strong winds the pilot decides to fly 4,000 ft lower to avoid excessive turbulence it takes the pilot 3.5 minutes to make this adjustment interpreting the quotient to describe the rate of change in the plane's altitude give your answer to the nearest hundred and remember the plane is descending question that best represents the rate of change in the planes altitude is feet per minute

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To calculate the rate of change in the plane's altitude, we can use the formula for rate:

Rate=Change in altitudeTime

In this case, the change in altitude is 4,000 feet (the plane is descending, so the change will be negative) and the time it takes to make this adjustment is 3.5 minutes.

Substituting the values into the formula:

Rate=4000 ft3.5 min

Now, calculating this:

Rate=1142.857 ft/min

Rounding this to the nearest hundred:

Rate1100 ft/min

Thus, the rate of change in the plane's altitude is approximately -1100 feet per minute.