In one day, a ski lift can carry 11,200 people. The lift runs from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Write and solve an equation to find the number of people the lift can carry in 1 hour. Estimate the number of people who could ride the lift by noon. Explain your reasoning.
9 to 4 is about 7 hours. So you can divide 11,200 by 7 to get 1600 every hour. By noon, it would be 2 hours after 9 until noon starts. So 1600 x 2 is 3,200 people by noon.
