Question

An elevator descends 500 feet in 20 seconds.How would you express the change in the elevators height per second

Answer 1

The easiest way is to do some simple division, where 500 is the distance & 20 is the duration.

$500 \div 20 = 25$

The elevator is descending 25 ft/s.

Answer 2

Answer:

The change in the elevators height per second is 25 feet per second

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :An elevator descends 500 feet in 20 seconds.

To Find :.How would you express the change in the elevators height per second

Solution :

An elevator descends in 20 seconds = 500 feet

An elevator descends in 1 seconds = $\frac{500}{20}$feet

                                                        = $25$feet

Hence The change in the elevators height per second is 25 feet per second