A Ferris wheel
A Ferris wheel with a diameter of 100 feet makes five revolutions every 8 minutes. The base of the wheel is 4 feet above the ground. Your friend gets on at 3 PM sharp.
a) Write an equation to express the height in feet of your friend at any given time in seconds.
b) What are your friend's heights after one minute and 2 minutes?
c). Find the first time and the second time in seconds. Is your friend at 90 feet high?
a) Write an equation to express the height in feet of your friend at any given time in seconds.
b) What are your friend's heights after one minute and 2 minutes?
c). Find the first time and the second time in seconds. Is your friend at 90 feet high?
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- geometry
- analytic geometry
- planimetrics
- circle
- triangle
- basic functions
- functions
- numbers
- fractions
- goniometry and trigonometry
- sine
- cosine
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