Question

while hiking along the Croom tract loop section of the Florida trail, a hiker climbs down an 84-foot hill in 4 minutes. what is the mean change in elevation per minute?​

Answer 1

21 feet/minute.

Explanation:

In order to find the mean change in elevation per minute, we can simply divide the change in elevation (which is 84 feet) by the time it takes to make that change (which is 4 minutes).

`\sf \begin{aligned} \sf \textsf{Mean Change in Elevation per Minute} & \sf = \frac{\textsf{Change in Elevation }}{Time}\\\\&\sf = ( 84 feet )/(4 minutes)\\\\ &\sf = 21 feet/minute \end{aligned}`

So, the mean change in elevation per minute while hiking down the 84-foot hill is 21 feet/minute.