document.write( "Question 1197194: A ferris wheel is 15 meters in diameter and boarded from a platform that is 5 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 8 minutes. The function h = f(t) gives your height in meters above the ground t minutes after the wheel begins to turn. Write an equation for h = f(t).\r
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document.write( "Ferris Wheel where h = f(t) is height from ground after a period of time\r\n" );
document.write( "In General:  h = radius+platform height   -  r*cos(2πt/time for full revolution)\r\n" );
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document.write( " A Ferris wheel is 15 meters in diameter,  ( r = 7.5m)\r\n" );
document.write( "boarded from a platform that is 5 meters above the ground.\r\n" );
document.write( " completes 1 full revolution in 8 minutes\r\n" );
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document.write( "  h = f(t) = 12.5 + 7.5cos(πt/4)\r\n" );
document.write( "Note: at 0 min, h  = 12.5-7.5 = 5m\r\n" );
document.write( "      at 4 min, h = 12.5m + 7.5m = 20m ( The diameter + the Platform Height)\r\n" );
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