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The ground temperature at an airport is 12 °C. The temperature decreases by 5.4 °C for every increase of 1 kilometer above the ground. What is the temperature outside a plane flying at an altitude of 5 kilometers?

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User Badjer
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Decrease in the temperature: 5.4×5=27°C

Final temperature: 12-27=-15°C

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