A high rise apartment building has four elevators. Each elevator travels upward at an average rate of 18 feet per second. The elevator travels 12 feet from one floor to the next. Suppose you get on the elevator on the first floor and travel straight to the fiftieth floor without stopping. To the nearest second, how king will it take to travel from the first floor to the fiftieth floor on this elevator?

(50 * 12)/18 =

To find out how long it will take to travel from the first floor to the fiftieth floor on this elevator, we need to consider the distance between each floor and the speed at which the elevator is traveling.

Given that the elevator travels upward at an average rate of 18 feet per second, and that it covers a distance of 12 feet from one floor to the next, we can calculate the time it takes to travel between each floor.

First, we need to find the total distance the elevator needs to cover to reach the fiftieth floor. Since there are 49 floors between the first and fiftieth floor (including the first floor), we can calculate the distance using the formula:

Distance = (Number of floors) * (Distance between each floor)

Distance = 49 * 12 = 588 feet

Now that we know the total distance, we can divide it by the speed of the elevator to find the time it takes to travel:

Time = Distance / Speed

Time = 588 feet / 18 feet per second

Time ≈ 32.67 seconds

Rounding this value to the nearest second, it will take approximately 33 seconds to travel from the first floor to the fiftieth floor on this elevator.