SOLUTION: A 132 lb person on a steadily rotating Ferris wheel has an apparent weight which is 18.0 percent less than their actual weight when they are at the top of the Ferris wheel. What is

Question 1053882: A 132 lb person on a steadily rotating Ferris wheel has an apparent weight which is 18.0 percent less than their actual weight when they are at the top of the Ferris wheel. What is the person's apparent weight ( in pounds) at the lowest point?
Answer by ikleyn(52874) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A 132 lb person on a steadily rotating Ferris wheel has an apparent weight which is 18.0 percent less than its actual weight
when he is at the top of the Ferris wheel. What is the person's apparent weight ( in pounds) at the lowest point?
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132 + 0.18*132 lbs.

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