An airplane is flying at an altitude of 6 miles and passes directly over a radar station. When the distance between the plane and the radar station is 10 miles, the radar detects that distance is increasing at 392 mph. Distance 6 miles

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An airplane is flying at an altitude of 6 miles and passes directly over a radar station.
When the distance between the plane and the radar station is 10 miles, the radar
detects that distance is increasing at 392 mph.
Distance
What is the speed of the plane?
Answer:
ft
sec
6 miles
Transcribed Image Text:An airplane is flying at an altitude of 6 miles and passes directly over a radar station. When the distance between the plane and the radar station is 10 miles, the radar detects that distance is increasing at 392 mph. Distance What is the speed of the plane? Answer: ft sec 6 miles
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