The diameter of a motorcycle is 26 inches. If you are travelling at a speed of 35 miles per hour on the motorcycle, through how many revolutions per minute are the wheel turning?
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1. The diameter of a motorcycle is 26 inches. If you are travelling at a speed of 35 miles per hour on the motorcycle, through how many revolutions per minute are the wheel turning?
2. A Ferris Wheel in Las Vegas, Nevada, opened in March 2014. The 550 ft tall wheel has a diameter of 5290 ft. A ride on its one of its 28 passenger cars last 30 minutes, the time it takes the wheel to complete one full rotation. Riders board the passenger cars at the bottom of the wheel. Assume that once the wheel is in motion it maintains a constant speed for the 30-minutes ride and is rotating in a counterclockwise direction. If you were on this ride, how high would you be above the ground after 20 minutes?
3. The radius of the wheel of a car is 15 inches. If the wheel is turning at the rate of 3 revolutions per second, how fast is the car moving? Express your answer in miles per hour.
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