Question

The car at each vertex of a Ferris wheel holds a maximum of 5 people. The sum of the measures of the angles of the Ferris wheel is 7740º. What is the maximum number of people that the Ferris wheel can hold?

225
300
250
200

Answer 1

225

Explanation:

The sum total of all the angles is 7,740 degrees,

The formula for the interior angle is 180(n - 2) where n is the number of sides in the polygon

Set this equal to 7740

180 (n-2) = 7740

Divide each side by 180

180/180 (n-2) = 7740/180

n-2 =43

Add 2 to each side

n-2+2 = 43+2

n = 45

Each vertex hold 5 people so take n and multiply by 5

45*5 = 225

The Ferris wheel holds 225 people