The first Ferris wheel, designed by George Ferris was built in 1893 in Paris. France. It had a diameter of 76 m. About how far would you travel in 8 turns of this wheel?

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Jacob Sims
Nov 12, 2015

Aprroximately 1909.12 " meters".

Explanation:

To find the distance around a circle, you need to find the circumference. The formula is C = dpi This means that the circumference is equal to the diameter times pi. The approximate value for pi is 3.14, although it's an irrational, never ending number.

The Ferris wheel has a diameter of 76 " meters". We can plug that into our formula along with the 3.14 for pi. Our formula is C=76 *3.14. We can do the simple math and return that C = 238.64. That means that this Ferris wheel is 238.64 " meters".

Now that we know the distance around the circle, we simply multiple by 8. 8 * 238.64 = 1909.12.

We can conclude that 8 turns of the this Ferris wheel would take you approximately 1909.12 " meters."

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