# pre-calc

A ferris wheel is 28 meters in diameter and makes one revolution every 10 minutes. For how many minutes of any revolution will your seat be above 21 meters?

1. fit your data into a sine curve
period of sine curve = 10 minutes
2π/k = 10
k = 2π/10 = π/5
y = 14 sin π/5 t + 14

testing:
t = 0: y = 14sin0 + 14 = 14
t = 2.5 , y = 28
t = 5 , y = 14
t = 7.5 , y = 0
t = 10 , y = 14 , looks good

solve for
14 sin πt/5 + 14 = 21
sin πt/5 = 1/2
πt/5 = π/6 or πt/5 = 5π/6
t = 5/6 or t = 25/6 minutes

so time over 21 metres = 25/6 - 5/6 = 20/6 minutes
or 2 minutes and 20 seconds or 200 seconds

posted by Reiny
2. I'm sure the answer is unchanged, but I'd have set up the equation as

y = 14(1 - cos pi/5 t)

That way, y(0) = 0, when the person gets on the wheel, rising to y(5) = 28 when it's 5 minutes later, at the top. And so on.

posted by Steve

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