2002 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 24
Problem 24
Riders on a Ferris wheel travel in a circle in a vertical plane. A particular wheel has radius feet and revolves at the constant rate of one revolution per minute. How many seconds does it take a rider to travel from the bottom of the wheel to a point vertical feet above the bottom?
Solution
We can let this circle represent the ferris wheel with center and represent the desired point feet above the bottom. Draw a diagram like the one above. We find out is a triangle. That means and the ferris wheel has made of a revolution. Therefore, the time it takes to travel that much of a distance is of a minute, or seconds. The answer is . Alternatively, we would also say that is congruent to by SAS, so is 20, and is equilateral, and
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