An elevator starts on the 100th floor of a building. It descends 4 floors every 10 seconds. At what floor will the elevator be 60 seconds after it starts? Why do you divide by ten?

My account
Edit my Profile
Private messages
My favorites

Ask a Question
Questions
Unanswered
Tags
Categories
Ask a Question

asked Oct 26, 2020 73.6k views

5 votes

An elevator starts on the 100th floor of a building. It descends 4 floors every 10 seconds. At what floor will the elevator be 60 seconds after it starts? Why do you divide by ten?

Mathematics
high-school

Basit Raza asked

by Basit Raza

5.6k points

0 Comments

Please log in or register to add a comment.

Please log in or register to answer this question.

1 Answer

1 vote

Answer:

Floor 76

Explanation:

4*6=number of floors in 60 second

100-24=floor 76

Curry answered Oct 31, 2020

by Curry

5.4k points

0 Comments

Please log in or register to add a comment.

Ask a Question

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

5.8m questions

7.5m answers

0 Comments

Please log in or register to add a comment.

Please log in or register to answer this question.

1 Answer

0 Comments

Please log in or register to add a comment.

Other Questions