A water wheel to power a grist mill always has a portion of the wheel submereged in water. Each revolution of teh wheel takes 20 seconds. The radius of the wheel is 10 feet and the center of the wheel is 4 feet above the  water level. For how many seconds is any one spot on the wheel submerged during a one-hour period?

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A water wheel to power a grist mill always has a portion of the wheel submereged in water. Each revolution of teh wheel takes 20 seconds. The radius of the wheel is 10 feet and the center of the wheel is 4 feet above the  water level. For how many seconds is any one spot on the wheel submerged during a one-hour period? [SHOW DRAWINGS AND EXPLANATION]

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