SOLUTION: A ferris wheel is 35 meters in diameter and boarded from a platform that is 1 meters above the ground. The six o'clock position on the ferris wheel is level with the loading platfo

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Question 1137660: A ferris wheel is 35 meters in diameter and boarded from a platform that is 1 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. 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).
Answer by ikleyn(52855) About Me  (Show Source):
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h = f(t) = %2835%2F2%29%2Asin%283pi%2F4+%2B+2pi%2A%28t%2F4%29%29 + 37%2F2,


where t is measured in minutes and h is measured in meters.

Notice that the problem does not establish the direction of rotation (clockwise or anticlockwise).

My formula is anticlockwise.