Question

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.

Answer 1

Answer:

960 ft is the change in altitude

Step-by-step explanation:

Recall:  distance traveled = rate times time.

Here the distance is (320 ft/min)(3 min) = 960 ft is the change in altitude

Answer 2

Given:
Descends at a rate of 320 feet per minute for 3 minutes.


320 feet per minute *3 minutes = 960 feet


Total change in altitude is 960 feet. Since it is descending, I believe it would be a negative 960 feet.