Question

the passage below discusses some of the steps of an engineering - design challenge. select the part of the passage that describes optimizing. julie is a pilot who is flying a long route across the atlantic ocean. there is a lot of turbulence, which makes the passengers uncomfortable. she decides to fly at a higher altitude, where the flight might be smoother. but after increasing the planes altitude, she finds that the turbulence is even worse! julie then brings the plane to a lower altitude, hoping this will reduce the turbulence.

Explanation:

Optimizing involves making adjustments to improve a situation. Here, Julie tries to improve the comfort of passengers by changing the altitude. First, she increases the altitude hoping for a smoother flight, and when that fails, she decreases it to reduce turbulence. The action of bringing the plane to a lower altitude after the initial change didn't work is an attempt to optimize the flight - conditions for passenger comfort.

Answer:

Julie then brings the plane to a lower altitude, hoping this will reduce the turbulence.