How fast is he moving horizontally? (Round your answer to three decimal places.) ft/m

[s.ami]

A Ferris wheel is 48 ft in diameter and its center is located 29 ft above the ground

If the wheel rotates once every 2 min, how fast is a passenger rising when he is 41 ft above the ground? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
ft/min

How fast is he moving horizontally? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
ft/min

Not sure what to do, please help! Thanks.

 

[stapel]

A Ferris wheel is 48 ft in diameter and its center is located 29 ft above the ground

Is there any particular significance to the red-colored characters, or is this just an indication that you've done a copy-and-paste from your online assessment, without making any corrections or changes?

If the wheel rotates once every 2 min, how fast is a passenger rising when he is 41 ft above the ground?

You started by drawing the circle for the wheel, noting the radius, drawing the horizontal line for the ground, and noted the height of the center above that line. You also noted the length of the portion of the height line which was not accounted for by the radius. You noted that, with respect to the central angle, the rate of change is 2pi radians per two minutes, or pi radians per minute.

You drew a dot on the circle to indicate the passenger. You drew a vertical height line, and noted the distance 41. You also noted that only a portion of this distance is changing; you noted the current value of that changing portion, and noted that you're needing to find dh/dt.

And... then what?

How fast is he moving horizontally?

Instead of working vertically, look at the horizontal portion of the triangle, etc, etc.

 

[s.ami]

I figured it out, you've been too kind.Thanks