Respuesta :
EXPLANATION
Given that the wheel has a radius of 12 meters and it takes 16 seconds to complete one full revolution, if we call t to the time in seconds and since the top of the wheel is 28 meters above the ground, the bottom is 4 meters above the ground.
Now, we need to consider that the equation that applies is the following:
[tex]height=16-12\cos \theta[/tex]As theta is the angle between the radius from the center of the wheel to the bottom and the rider's coordinate, we need to represent the angle as a function of the time. We have that it takes 16 second to complete one full revolution, this means that the wheel rotates 360 degrees in 16 seconds. Now, we can use the angular velocity: w= 360/16 = 22.5 degrees/s
Then, we need to represent the angular velocity in radians, as 360 degrees is 2π radians, the obtained angular velocity would be: w = 2π/16 = π/8 rad/s
Hence the appropiate equation as a function of the time would be as follows:
[tex]h=16-12\cdot\cos (\frac{\pi t}{8})[/tex]
