A Ferris wheel is boarding platform is 4 meters above the ground, has a diameter of 72 meters, and rotates once every 10 minutes.

How many minutes of the ride are spent higher than 48 meters above the ground?
Round to three decimal places.

1 answer

from what you have said, since the period is 10 minutes, the height is
h(t) = 40-36cos(π/5 t)
so now you can use that to answer the question.