Question

A pony ride at a carnival gives the children rides in a circular pattern. The pony can only walk 500 feet before it needs to drink some water or it will become very ill. The radius of the circle is 15 feet. Use = 3.14 and approximate answers to one decimal place.

Answer 1

L = 94.2 ft

n ≈ 5

Step-by-step explanation:

d = 500 ft

R = 15 ft

The pony walks in one ride around the circle:

L = 2*π*R = 2*3.14*15 ft = 30*π ft = 94.2 ft (One ride around the circle).

In order to determine how many times (n) can the pony give a ride before it needs a drink, we can apply

n = d / L = 500 ft / 94.2 ft = 5.308 ≈ 5