SOLUTION: A person is riding a Ferris wheel with a circumference of 204 feet. If a ride all the way around the circle takes 90 seconds, how fast is the rider traveling in miles per hour?

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Question 1170441: A person is riding a Ferris wheel with a circumference of 204 feet. If a ride all the way around the circle takes 90 seconds, how fast is the rider traveling in miles per hour?


Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
feet per second is abbreviated ft/s
miles per hour is abbreviated mi/h
minutes is abbreviated min
Don't confuse mi and min.



Cancel the units that cancel:

Cancel the feet:



Cancel the seconds:



Cancel the minutes:



Multiply across the top, and across the bottom to make one fraction:







To reduce the fraction, divide top and bottom by 43200:



Make that into a mixed fraction:

 

Or, approximate as a decimal rounded to hundredths



Edwin

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