MHTH LINK The temperature of still, dry air decreases by about 6 °C for each kilometre increase in altitude. On a still, dry day, the temperature in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, was –11 °C.The air temperature outside a plane flying above Yellowknife was -53 °C. a) Approximately how much lower was the temperature outside the aircraft than the temperature in Yellowknife? b) How high was the aircraft above Yellowknife?

MHTH LINK The temperature of still, dry air decreases by about 6 °C for each kilometre increase in altitude. On a still, dry day, the temperature in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, was –11 °C.The air temperature outside a plane flying above Yellowknife was -53 °C. a) Approximately how much lower was the temperature outside the aircraft than the temperature in Yellowknife? b) How high was the aircraft above Yellowknife?

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