A pilot is descending from a height of 30,000 feet at a rate of 900 feet per minute. Write the equation in slope intercept form. NOSPACES.please please help right now

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Bruce Christensen · Answer 1 · 2023-04-25T09:18:33+0000

It is necessary to identify and use the information given

30,000 is the initial height so this will be our y intercept

900 is the rate so this will be our slope, as the pilot is descending, the slope is negative

Now we can write the equation