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You are hiking on a trail that leads to the top of a mountain. At 1 P.M. you reach an elevation of 4400 feet. At 4 P.M. you reach an elevation of 5600 feet. What is your mean hourly change in elevation?

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first of all the other answer is right. 400 feet per minute. i just had a big ideas math on this lol look:

You are hiking on a trail that leads to the top of a mountain. At 1 P.M. you reach-example-1
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The person walks an average of 400 feet evaluation gain in an hour. 5600 - 4400 = 1200 then divide the answer by the number of hours. 1200/3 = 400 feet per hour.
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