SOLUTION: sinusoidal function Suppose a bike wheel has a diameter of 80 cm and the rider completes one cycle in 0.8 s. What is the speed of the bike in m/s?

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Question 1140772: sinusoidal function
Suppose a bike wheel has a diameter of 80 cm and the rider completes one cycle in 0.8 s. What is the speed of the bike in m/s?

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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The circumference of the wheel is pi*d=80 pi cm
80/0.8=100 pi*cm/sec which is pi meters per second or about 11.3 km/h