If you are riding on a ferris wheel that is 60 feet tall and it takes you 5 minutes to make one revolution, what is your linear velocity?

Linear velocity = 0.63 feet per second

Step-by-step explanation:

There is a relation between angular velocity and linear velocity of a point on the circumference of a moving wheel.

The relation is linear velocity = r × Angular velocity

Since Ferris wheel is 60 feet tall and takes 5 minutes to make one revolution.

It means Ferris wheel has the radius = 30 feet

and angular velocity of the point on the circumference = feet per minute = feet per second

Now we put these values in the formula

Linear velocity = 30 ×

                        =

                        = feet per second

Therefore, my linear velocity will be 0.62 feet per second.

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