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if a ferris wheel cecumfrence is 790 and it takes 9min to go around what is the speed

 Sep 25, 2014

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If 790 is in feet, we have

790/9 = 87.7 ft per min = 1.462 ft per second

Note that, every minute, the wheel rotates through 40° of arc

 

 Sep 25, 2014
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If 790 is in feet, we have

790/9 = 87.7 ft per min = 1.462 ft per second

Note that, every minute, the wheel rotates through 40° of arc

 

CPhill Sep 25, 2014

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