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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Find the circumference of the circular Ferris wheel.

C = 3.14 * d where d = the diameter of 50 feet.

Divide what you get for the circumference by 30. 

Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a foot.

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