document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=241310>Question 241310</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> George Ferris built the first Ferris wheel for the World’s Exposition in Chicago in 1892. Its diameter was 250 ft. If this wheel rotated once every 5 minutes, what was the speed of a car on the circumference of the wheel in feet per second?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) 157 ft/min B) 15.7 ft/sec C) 2.618 ft/min D) 2.618 ft/sec E) 157 min/hr </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #176710 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=176710\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> diameter is 250 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "radius is half that = 125 feet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "circumference is 2*pi*r = 2*pi*125 = 785.3981634 feet = 1 rotation of the ferris wheel.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "785.3981634 / 300 = 2.617993878 feet per second.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that would be selection D.<BR>\n" );
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