Answer
$34.67 ft/min$
Work Step by Step
Time taken $(15-7.5) =7.5 \ minutes$
The height above the ground $=260+30 =290 \ ft$
Now, the average vertical speed is equal to $\dfrac{260}{7.5}=34.67 ft/min$
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