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A ferris wheel is 42 ft in diameter, how many feet is traveled in one full turn

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In order to find the distance traveled in one turn of the wheel, we just need to calculate the circumference of the wheel.

We can calculate it using the following formula:


C=\pi d

Where d is the diameter of the circle.

So, using d = 42, we have:


\begin{gathered} C=3.14\cdot42 \\ C=131.88 \end{gathered}

So the distance traveled in one turn is 131.88 feet.

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