SOLUTION: A ferris wheel is 35 meters in diameter and boarded at ground level. The wheel makes one fun rotation every 4 minutes, and at time t=0 you are at the 0 o'clock position and descend

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Question 1058093: A ferris wheel is 35 meters in diameter and boarded at ground level. The wheel makes one fun rotation every 4 minutes, and at time t=0 you are at the 0 o'clock position and descending. Let f(t) denote your height (in meters) above ground at t minutes. Find a formula for f(t).
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is 0 o'clock?
Do you mean 12 o'clock?
That's what I'm assuming.
So at that point you are 35m in the air.
f%28t%29=%2835%2F2%29%28cos%28%28pi%2At%29%2F2%29%2B1%29%29