Question

Butternut is a ski resort in massachusetts. one of their triple chair lifts unloads 1296 skiers per hour at the top of the slope. (a triple chair lift can carry three passengers per chair.) the ride from the bottom to the top takes 5 minutes. how many skiers are riding on the lift at any one time

Answer 1

One rotation takes 5 minutes.

One hour the number of rotations will be = 60/5= 12 times.

One hour the number of skiers are: 1,296

One ride the maximum skiers are= 1296 / 12 = 108

The maximum number of skiers that can ride on the lift at any given time is 108