A Ferris wheel with a diameter of 50 feet has 30 equally spaced passenger cars. What is the length of the arc between the centerline of two consecutive cars? Use the value π = 3.14, and round your answer to the nearest tenth of a foot.

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rhystic · Answer

so you have a diameter of 50 feet which makes the radius 25 feet. circumference of a circle is 2*pi*r so you have C = 50 *pi   then you have 30 equidistant passenger cars so you can divide the circumference by 30 to get the distance between two cars. 50*pi/30 or 5/3*pi