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An elevator descends 500 feet in 20 seconds.How would you express the change in the elevators height...
4 months ago
Q:
An elevator descends 500 feet in 20 seconds.How would you express the change in the elevators height per second
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A:
The easiest way is to do some simple division, where 500 is the distance & 20 is the duration.
[tex]500 \div 20 = 25[/tex]
The elevator is descending 25 ft/s.