Identify the set of numbers that best describes each situation. explain your choice. the height of an airplane as it descends to an airport runway answer

The height of an airplane as it descends to an airport runway is a quantity which has a unit that is usually rounded to a certain terminating degree of accuracy (i.e. 1, 2, ..., n decimal places)

Thus the set of rational numbers best describes the height of an airplane as it descends to an airport runway.

A rational number is a number which can be represented in the form a/b where a and b are integers. It is usually identified by a terminating or a recurring decimal number.