Question

A hiker in Yosemite National

Park follows a trail up to a
waterfall. The hiker climbs
120 feet each minute. How
many feet does the hiker climb
each second?

Answer 1

To find out how many feet a hiker climbs each second when they climb 120 feet per minute, divide 120 by 60, which gives 2 feet per second.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks us to calculate how many feet a hiker climbs each second if they climb 120 feet each minute. Since there are 60 seconds in a minute, we can divide the total feet climbed in a minute by the number of seconds in a minute to find the rate per second.

So the calculation would be:
120 feet per minute ÷ 60 seconds per minute = 2 feet per second.

Therefore, the hiker climbs 2 feet per second.