document.write( "Question 1170441: A person is riding a Ferris wheel with a circumference of 204 feet. If a ride all the way around the circle takes 90 seconds, how fast is the rider traveling in miles per hour?\r
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document.write( "feet per second is abbreviated ft/s\r\n" );
document.write( "miles per hour is abbreviated mi/h\r\n" );
document.write( "minutes is abbreviated min\r\n" );
document.write( "Don't confuse mi and min.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the units that cancel:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the feet:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the seconds:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the minutes:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply across the top, and across the bottom to make one fraction:\r\n" );
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document.write( "To reduce the fraction, divide top and bottom by 43200:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Make that into a mixed fraction:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Or, approximate as a decimal rounded to hundredths\r\n" );
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