SOLUTION: 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 platfo
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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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.
29-18= 11meters from the top of the wheel or 14meters above the platform.
half the diameter is 12.5 meters from the platform and its only 16.5meters off the ground
this places the time frame now between 1 and 3 minute markers
so the answer is less than 2 minutes.
since there's no requirement for exact time or partial minutes or amount in seconds there's no reason to delve further.
