SOLUTION: the elevator in the washington monument takes 75 seconds to travel 500 feet to the top floor. what is the speed of the elevator in miles per hour? give your answer to two significa
Question 487177: the elevator in the washington monument takes 75 seconds to travel 500 feet to the top floor. what is the speed of the elevator in miles per hour? give your answer to two significant digits. Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 75 seconds to travel 500 feet
We use 1 mi = 5280 ft, 1 min = 60 s, 1 h = 60 min
to make unit fraction multipliers:
Cancel the ft
Cancel the seconds:
Cancel the minutes:
All that's left is
Rounded to two significant digits:
Edwin