document.write( "Question 1005627: A Ferris wheel is 25 meters in diameter and boarded from a platform that is 4 meters above the ground. The six o'clock position on the Ferris wheel is level with the loading platform. The wheel completes 1 full revolution in 4 minutes. How many minutes of the ride are spent higher than 18 meters above the ground?
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well picturing it at the 9 oclock position 1 minute has passed by the 12oclock position 2minutes have passed by the 3 oclock position 3 mins have pased and back to the 6 oclock position 4mins hits.
\n" ); document.write( "the wheel is 25meters in diameter and the bottom of it rests on a 4meter high platform this means the entire structure is 29meters tall.
\n" ); document.write( "29-18= 11meters from the top of the wheel or 14meters above the platform.
\n" ); document.write( "half the diameter is 12.5 meters from the platform and its only 16.5meters off the ground
\n" ); document.write( "this places the time frame now between 1 and 3 minute markers
\n" ); document.write( "so the answer is less than 2 minutes.
\n" ); document.write( "since there's no requirement for exact time or partial minutes or amount in seconds there's no reason to delve further.
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