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A high-speed elevator can rise 480 feet in 3 seconds. Which expression represents the rate, in feet per minute, of the elevator?

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160 feet per minute

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User Eugene Yarmash
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1 minute = 60 seconds

60 seconds/ 3 seconds = 20

480 feet x 20 = 9,600 feet

The elevator travels 9,600 feet per minute.

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