SOLUTION: The British Airways London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel with a circumference of 424 meters. If it takes 30 minutes to make one revolution, what is its rate in meters per second? Giv
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Question 28786: The British Airways London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel with a circumference of 424 meters. If it takes 30 minutes to make one revolution, what is its rate in meters per second? Give your answer to the nearest hundreth.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
30 minutes =30(60)=1800 seconds
424meter/1800 seconds =0.2355555...meter/sec=0.24meters/sec
Cheers,
Stan H.
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