When I'm using pictures I have not taken myself, I like to know as much about them as I can, so I generally do some googling. I knew Beth and Julia were on the Keystone ski lift in Colorado...so I googled Keystone gondola ski lift. And was really surprised by what I found...there were several mentions of it in relation to physics. From what I gather, this ski lift has found its way into physics tests around the country.
One of the questions asked was the one I mentioned here on the page: "The gondola ski lift at Keystone, Colorado is 2830 m long. On average, the ski lift rises 14.6°above the horizontal.
How high is the top of the ski lift relative to the base?
Not only do I not know how to find the answer, but I did not find out any other information about the ski lift. As you can tell. It was a beautiful ride up the mountain there to the ski slope where Julia got to ski...
I don't know physics, and neither do I know how to ski... So Julia, who skied that day is way ahead of me and she is only 3.
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