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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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.
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