document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1182937>Question 1182937</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A Ferris Wheel having a diameter of 100 feet and a maximum height of 110 feet rotates counter clockwise through an angle of 1.5 revolutions per minute. Note that 1 revolution is equivalent to 360°\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. If your starting location is 50 feet East of the Ferris Wheel’s center and 60 feet above the ground, what will be your approximate location above the ground after 8 seconds?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. At a given time, you are 40 feet above the ground. What is the least amount of time it takes for you to be on the same exact location? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. Which approximate angle measure, in degree, is being formed by the horizontal midline of the Ferris Wheel and your current position if you are 100 feet above the ground and 30 feet west of the vertical midline of the Ferris Wheel? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'd like to make a correction to the answer to part (b), provided by @Theo.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question asks\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;What is the least amount of time it takes \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for you to be on the same exact location?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It does not ask about getting the same height - it asks about getting \"the same exact location\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the right answer, in my opinion, is the time for one full exact rotation, i.e. 40 seconds.\r<BR>\n" );
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