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A tower has a revolving restaurant 785 feet above the ground. The restaurant makes a

complete revolution every 90 minutes. While a visitor was at the tower, the restaurant
rotated through 82°. How long was the visitor at the tower?
The visitor was at the tower for ______
minutes.

User Maximilian Mordig
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Answer:

1 revolution is 360 degrees

1 hour = 60 minutes

360/60 = 6

so it rotates 6 degrees every minute

135/6 = 22.5 minutes

User Oemera
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