Homework: Modeling with Trig Functions (Section 6.5)

Question

A Ferris wheel is 50 meters in diameter and boarded from a platform that is 4 meters above the ground. The six o'clock position on the Ferris wheel is level with the loading platform. The wheel completes 1 full revolution in 2 minutes. How many minutes of the ride are spent higher than 46 meters above the ground?

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Answer 1

By drawing and measuring; the length at 46+4=50m; makes a horizontal space of 40° at the wheel's top.

2min=360°

1°=.0055555.........minute*40=.222.........min