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Kim was walking down a rocky path. For 4 minutes the elevation dropped steadily. Altogether it dropped 8 feet. What was the change in elevation per minute for the 4 minutes?

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lily777

you divide 8 ft by 4 minutes to know the change per minute..and you get 2 ft per minute

JeanaShupp

Answer: \(2\text{ feet per minutes}\)

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Kim was walking down a rocky path. For 4 minutes the elevation dropped steadily.

Altogether it dropped 8 feet.

Now,  change in elevation per minute for the 4 minutes is given by :_

\(\dfrac{8 \text{ feet}}{\text{ 4 minutes}}=2\text{ feet per minutes}\)

Thus , the  change in elevation per minute for the 4 minutes is  \(2\text{ feet per minutes}\).

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