SOLUTION: John starts in the “3 o’clock” position of a ferris wheel whose base is 30 ft off the ground (It has a radius of 20 feet and makes a revolution every 15 seconds). Anne starts

Question 1191879: John starts in the “3 o’clock” position of a ferris wheel whose base is 30 ft off the ground (It has a radius of 20 feet and makes a revolution every 15 seconds). Anne starts in the “3 o’clock” position of another ferris wheel whose base is 150 feet to the right. John’s ferris wheel (Its base is also 30 ft off the ground and it has a radius of 27 feet and makes a revolution every 20 seconds). A ball is shot STRAIGHT UP from a cannon that is located 70 feet to the right of the base of John’s ferris wheel. Who will be closer to the ball? That is, which person has a shorter minimum distance to the ball? (The ferris wheels start turning counterclockwise at the same time that the ball is shot from the cannon). Find the equations.
Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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For John, this problem gives two different sets of characteristics of his ferris wheel.

It is why I think that the problem is DEFECTIVE.

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