A Ferris wheel at a carnival has a diameter of 68 feet. Suppose it turns at a rate of 150 revolutions per hour. (a) Find the angular speed of the wheel in radians per hour. (b) Find the linear speed of a passenger in feet per minute. Do not round any intermediate computations, and round your answer to the nearest whole number. (a) Angular speed: radians per hour (b) Linear speed: feet per minute X S ?
A Ferris wheel at a carnival has a diameter of 68 feet. Suppose it turns at a rate of 150 revolutions per hour. (a) Find the angular speed of the wheel in radians per hour. (b) Find the linear speed of a passenger in feet per minute. Do not round any intermediate computations, and round your answer to the nearest whole number. (a) Angular speed: radians per hour (b) Linear speed: feet per minute X S ?
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![A Ferris wheel at a carnival has a diameter of 68 feet. Suppose it turns at a rate of 150 revolutions per hour.
(a) Find the angular speed of the wheel in radians per hour.
(b) Find the linear speed of a passenger in feet per minute.
Do not round any intermediate computations, and round your answer to the nearest whole number.
(a) Angular speed: radians per hour
(b) Linear speed: feet per minute
X S ?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F8c0c699c-0ea3-4621-a196-a76a2f333ed8%2F4a967617-7f1e-4424-a8ed-04ff04e9598b%2Fbe7dy1_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:A Ferris wheel at a carnival has a diameter of 68 feet. Suppose it turns at a rate of 150 revolutions per hour.
(a) Find the angular speed of the wheel in radians per hour.
(b) Find the linear speed of a passenger in feet per minute.
Do not round any intermediate computations, and round your answer to the nearest whole number.
(a) Angular speed: radians per hour
(b) Linear speed: feet per minute
X S ?
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