A ferris wheel is 18 meters in diameter and boarded in the six o'clock position from a platform that is 3 meters above the ground. The wheel completes one full revolution every 8 minutes. At the initial time t equals 0 you are in the twelve o'clock position. Find a formula, using the cosine function, for your height above ground after t minutes on the ferris wheel.

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A ferris wheel is 18 meters in diameter and boarded in the six o'clock position from a platform that is 3 meters above the ground. The wheel completes one full revolution every 8  minutes. At the initial time t equals 0 you are in the twelve o'clock position.   Find a formula, using the cosine function, for your height above ground after  t minutes on the ferris wheel.

dangerousjesse · Answer

A diameter of 18 meters and it takes eight minutes?

dangerousjesse · Answer

$$\frac{ e^{-ix} }{ 2 }+ \frac{ e^{ix} }{ 2 }$$

jdoe0001 · Answer

hmmm have you covered trigonometric function transformations yet?

tylerd · Answer

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