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Sports and Leisure The Manitou Incline, which leads to the top of Pike’s Peak in Colorado, climbs from an elevation of 6574 feet to 8585 feet above sea level. The fastest reported time for running up the incline is 16 minutes and 42 seconds, by Mark Fretta. How many vertical feet per second did Mark climb during his record-breaking performance? (Round to 1 decimal digit.)
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