The London Ferris wheel has diameter 450 feet and one complete revolution takes 30

Chapter 8, Problem 8.2.31

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The London Ferris wheel has diameter 450 feet and one complete revolution takes 30 minutes. (a) Find the rate (in degrees per minute) that the London Ferris wheel is rotating. (b) Let t, the time in minutes, be 0 when you are in the 6 oclock position. Write , measured from the 3 oclock position, as a function of t. (c) Find a formula for the Ferris wheel function, h = f(t), giving your height in feet above the ground. (d) Graph h = f(t). What are the period, midline, and amplitude?

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