Aplane loses altitude at the rate of 5 meters per second. it begins with an altitude of 8500 meters. the planes altitude is a function of the number of seconds that pass. write an equation modeling this situation. how much time will pass before the plane lands?

1. isolate the variable, in this case, d. subtract 35.5 on both sides of the equation.2. 52 subtracted by 35.5 is 16.53. therefore your answer would be d= 16.5this is the basics of pre algebra, isolating variable through adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, if you have any other questions to ask just comment!