SOLUTION: The Bear Paw chair lift at the Northstar ski resort in Lake Tahoe is 790 feet long. If a ride on this chair lift takes 4.5 minutes, what is the average speed of the lift in miles p
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Question 958186: The Bear Paw chair lift at the Northstar ski resort in Lake Tahoe is 790 feet long. If a ride on this chair lift takes 4.5 minutes, what is the average speed of the lift in miles per hour?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= 2mph
ANSWER: The average speed of the lift is 2 miles per hour.
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