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The Farris wheel at the landmark navy pier in Chicago takes 7 minutes to make one full rotation.

The Farris wheel at the landmark navy pier in Chicago takes 7 minutes to make one-example-1
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Answer:

531.5 feet

Explanation:

You have the equation H(t) = 70 * sin(2pi / 7) * (t - 1.75) + 80

H(t) is similar to f(x) but with different letters.

It is defined that t is the time in minutes. And H (the output) is the height in feet.

The question is asking you how far off the ground you will be when t = 10. It is asking you what is the result of H(10).

To do this, we will replace t with 10.

H(t) = 70 * sin(2pi / 7) * (t - 1.75) + 80 becomes

H(10) = 70 * sin(2pi / 7) * (10 - 1.75) + 80

Put 70 * sin(2pi / 7) * (10 - 1.75) + 80 into a calculator, you will get: 531.50768112.

So, H(10) = 531.50768112

Since the question tells you to round to the nearest tenth of a foot, our final answer is 531.5 feet.

Where did I get t = 10 from?

"If you are loaded onto the gondola at 11 AM, how far off the ground will you be at 11:10?" The difference between 11 AM and 11:10 AM is 10 minutes. Since it's defined that t is in minutes, we simply plug in t with 10.

If, for example, it was defined that t is in seconds, we would have to multiply 10 by 60. But since it didn't ,we just plug it in.

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