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Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1

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ISBN:9780395977224

Author:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Publisher:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Chapter8: Introduction To Functions

Section8.9: Direct Variation

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You wants to do ride the Ferris wheel. The Ferris wheel has a radius of 9.5 m and rotates once full rotation every 10s. The bottom of the wheel is 1.2 m above the ground.
a) Write a cosine equation that gives a rider’s height above the ground, in meters, as a function of time, in seconds, with the rider starting at the bottom of the wheel

b) How would the equation written in (a) change if the radius of the wheel was 8 m? List the change(s) and specify the new value(s).

c) After 6s, what is the height of the rider?

d) Write a sine equation that models this scenario.

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