Jason is planning a parking garage that will have 12 floors. Every 3rd floor has a gate where drivers have to show ID, which takes two minutes. To get from one floor to the next, drivers have to drive 800 feet at 10 feet/second. How long, in seconds, does it take to get to the bottom of the garage from the top? Give me reasons, before answering the question
First find the total number of gates someone has to pass through: 12 floors / 3 floors / gate = 4 gates. Then find the total time someone spends waiting at the gates: 4 gates * 2 minutes / gate = 8 minutes. Then convert that time to seconds: 8 minutes * 60 seconds / minute = 480 seconds. Then find the time to drive through one floor in seconds: 800 feet / 10 feet / second = 80 seconds. Then multiply the time per floor by the number of floors to find the total driving time: 80 seconds / floor * 12 floors = 960 seconds. Then add the total driving time to the total time waiting at the gates to find the total time to get to the bottom: 960 seconds + 480 seconds = 1440 seconds. So the final answer is 1440.