Question

A Ferris wheel contains 16 cars evenly spaced on a circle with a radius of 20 feet. What is the distance between any two cars on the Ferris wheel?

Answer 1

23

Step-by-step explanation:

the answer is 22.5 but rounded to the nearest whole which is 23

Answer 2

230.4

feet

Step-by-step explanation:

arc length

=

circumference

×

fraction of circle

×

×

×

×

=

2

π

r

×

165

360

×

×

×

×

=

2

×

π

×

80

×

165

360

×

×

×

×

=

230.4

feet to nearest tenth