Question

If you are riding on a Ferris wheel that is 60 feet tall and it takes you 5 minutes to make one revolution, what is your linear velocity?
0.62 feet per second
0.31 feet per second
37.68 feet per second
3.14 feet per second
9.42 feet per second
i think it is d but not sure

Answer 1

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Answer 2

There's two ways I can explain this.
1. d = 60ft
C = (pi)d = 188.5ft
188.5ft/5min = 37.7ft/min
37.7ft/min/60sec/min = 0.63ft/sec (A)

Answer 3

2. First you find the circumference of the Ferris wheel, which is pi * diameter, which equals to 188.46 ft. So, now you know that the rate of speed is 188.46 ft. / 5min, but we need the rate of speed in feet per second, not feet per 5 minutes. So, we divide both sides by 5, 188.46 /5 = 37.692 and 5 / 5 = 1. Now, we have the rate of speed equal to 37.692 ft. / minute, but this is still not feet per second. Because there is 60 second in one minute, we divide both sides by 60. 37.692 / 60 = 0.62 and 1min / 60 = 1 second. So now we have the rate of speed equal to 0.62 feet / second.

Answer 4

So, the answer is... what?

Answer 5

.62?

Answer 6

Yep!

Answer 7

A.

Answer 8

thank you i will message you and ask questions im trying to try to pass

Answer 9

Okay, and no problem!!