SOLUTION: If a bicycle wheel makes 7 rotations a second and has a diameter of 75 cm, what cosine function describes the height of a point on the end of the wheel?

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Question 1031203: If a bicycle wheel makes 7 rotations a second and has a diameter of 75 cm, what cosine function describes the height of a point on the end of the wheel?
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If a bicycle wheel makes 7 rotations a second and has a diameter of 75 cm, what cosine function describes the height of a point on the end of the wheel?
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1. What is "the end of the wheel" ?

2. And what is "a point on the end of the wheel" ?