At the amusement park, you decide to ride the Ferris wheel, which has a maximum height of 100 meters and a diameter of 50 meters. It takes the wheel seven minutes to make one revolution. If you start your ride at the midline and the ferris wheel rotates counter clockwise, how many seconds will it take for your seat to reach a height of 75 meters? Round the answer to the nearest second.

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Neil Warren

Mathematics

6 October, 17:11

At the amusement park, you decide to ride the Ferris wheel, which has a maximum height of 100 meters and a diameter of 50 meters. It takes the wheel seven minutes to make one revolution. If you start your ride at the midline and the ferris wheel rotates counter clockwise, how many seconds will it take for your seat to reach a height of 75 meters? Round the answer to the nearest second.

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Kason Allison · Answer 1

Hello,

am I wrong?

The radius 's wheel is 25 m.

The center of the wheel is at (100-50) + 25=75 (height of the wheel - diameter + Radius).

Ont eh midline, You are allready at 75 m of height:

time=0 s