An air traffic controller is tracking two planes. To start, Plane A was at an altitude of 432 meters, and Plane B was just taking off. Plane A is gaining altitude at 16 meters per second, and Plane B is gaining altitude at 25 meters per second.
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Let x be the number of seconds that have passed.
(a) For each plane, write an expression for the altitude of the plane
after x seconds.
Altitude of Plane A (in meters) = 1
Altitude of Plane B (in meters) = 1
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(b) Write an equation to show when the two planes would be at the
same altitude.
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