Scientists released a weather balloon from a raised platform at 4:00 p.m. The weather balloon rose at a constant speed. At 4:05 pm, the weather balloon's altitude was 1,482 meters. At 4:09, the weather balloon had reached an altitude of 2,626 meters.
How many meters did the weather balloon rise each minute?
meters
How high was the launch platform?
meters
Complete the equation that describes the relationship between the altitude of the weather balloon in meters,
A
,
and the elapsed time in minutes,
t
.
A
t
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