SOLUTION: Josie is sitting on a Ferris wheel. She is exactly 35 feet from the center and is at the 3 o'clock position when the Ferris wheel begins moving. Define a function f that determi

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Question 1005668: Josie is sitting on a Ferris wheel. She is exactly 35 feet from the center and is at the 3 o'clock position when the Ferris wheel begins moving.
Define a function f that determines Josie's vertical distance above the horizontal diameter (in feet) as a function of the arc length (in feet), s, swept out by the Ferris wheel as it moves counter-clockwise from the 3 o'clock position.
PLEASE HELP! I am not understanding this. Thanks so much!

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