Question

A ferris wheel is 50 meters in diameter and boarded from a platform that is 1 meters above the ground. The six o'clock position on the ferris wheel is level with the loading platform. The wheel completes 1 full revolution in 4 minutes. The function h = f(t) gives your height in meters above the ground t minutes after the wheel begins to turn.

Answer 1

Answer: The height of a person on the ferris wheel can be modeled by the function:

h = 50 * cos(pi * t / 120) + 1

where t is the number of minutes since the wheel started turning, and pi represents the mathematical constant pi. The function takes into account the diameter of the ferris wheel (50 meters), the initial height of the platform (1 meter), and the fact that the wheel completes 1 full revolution in 4 minutes (120 seconds).

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