SOLUTION: A roller coaster at Walt Disney World takes only two minutes and twenty-three seconds from launch to the end. If the average speed is twenty-five mph, approximately what is the le

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Question 566106: A roller coaster at Walt Disney World takes only two minutes and twenty-three seconds from launch to the end. If the average speed is twenty-five mph, approximately what is the length of the ride in feet?
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: A roller coaster at Walt Disney World takes only two minutes and twenty-three seconds from launch to the end.
If the average speed is twenty-five mph, approximately what is the length of the ride in feet
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Find the speed in ft/sec
%2825%2A5280%29%2F%2860%2A60%29 = 362%2F3 ft/sec
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Convert 2 min 23 sec to 143 seconds
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Find the dist in ft
143 * 362%2F3 = 52431%2F3 ft