aAdam and Beth are visiting an amusement park and have decided to ride the carousel. Adam picked a horse on the outside edge and Beth chose a dragon on the inside, closer to the center.
Part 1: Do Adam and Beth travel the same distance during the ride? Choose a distance that each seat (horse and dragon) sits from the center and use the radius to determine how far each would travel during one rotation.

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aAdam and Beth are visiting an amusement park and have decided to ride the carousel. Adam picked a horse on the outside edge and Beth chose a dragon on the inside, closer to the center.
Part 1: Do Adam and Beth travel the same distance during the ride? Choose a distance that each seat (horse and dragon) sits from the center and use the radius to determine how far each would travel during one rotation.

mathmale · Answer

The carousel turns at a certain speed that does not change as long as the machinery is running.  
Regardless of where one sits on a carousel, one travels in a circle.  It's the circumference of such a circle that represents the distance traveled.
What is the formula for the circumference of a circle?
What are you going to do with this formula?

anonymous · Answer

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