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Stitch:Emano
Scar:Chummy
Narrator:DeepVoice
Narrator:Thisstorybeginswithtwofriends,StitchandScar,whenthey
noticeanabandonedFerrisWheel.
Stitch:LetsgoontothatFerrisWheel!!
Scar:Thatsafantasticidea!!!
Narrator:StitchandScarclimbontotheFerrisWheelandturniton.Asthe
FerrisWheelapproachesthe3oclockposition,theyspotacartfullof
watermovinginthedistance.
Scar:PushmeoffsothatIlandinthewater!!!
Stitch:1,2,3!!
*StitchpushedScarofftheFerrisWheelatthe12oclockposition*
Narrator:Scarplumagestohisdeath.
*MysticalMusicthatsoundslikeyouarewakingupfromadream*
Stitch:Whooaaathatwasthescariestdreamofmylife!!!Scar!Scar!I
havethegreatestideaever!
Scar:Whatisit?!?
Stitch:ItsamathproblemandIneedyourhelp!!!
Scar:Explanation?!?
Stitch:ThereisaFerrisWheelandamovingcart.Wearestandingonthe
FerrisWheelandpushoneanotheroffsothattheylandinthemovingcart.
Weneedtofigureoutwhentopushtheotheroffsothattheysurvive
Scar:Okay?!?Wellfirstweneedtodetermineourvariables.Howbigis
theFerrisWheel?
Stitch:TheRadiusis50feetanditisraised15feetofftheground.
Scar:Soo,thehighestpointis115feet.Howbigisthecart?
Stitch:Thecartis8feetby8feetby8feet.Itstarts240feetawayfromthe
FerrisWheel.
Scar:Howfastisitmoving?
Stitch:15feetpersecond.
Scar:HowfastistheFerrisWheelmoving?
Stitch:Itcompletes1turnin40seconds.
Scar:Letscomputehowfastthatis.
Stitch:Wellthecircumferenceofacircleis 2r.
Stitch:Soeveryseconditmoves 5 2 .
Scar:Whatifwesolveitindegrees?
Stitch:Acircleis360degrees.
Scar:So360degreesin40seconds,ifwewantedtoknowhowmany
degreesin1second,wewouldjustsetupaproportionright?
degrees
Stitch:Yeah,so 360
40 = 1second
Scar:Whenyoucrossmultiplyanddivideyouget9degrees!
Stitch:SoeverysecondtheFerrisWheelmoves 5
2 or9degrees.
Scar:Withthatinformation,isitpossibletodeterminehowhightheFerris
Wheelisatanygivensecond?
Stitch:Well,howhighwouldwebeafter1second?
Scar:Wecansetupatriangle.
Stitch:How?
Scar:Weknowthatafter1secondwemoved9degreesso
Wecanmakearighttriangle.
Weknowoneofthelengthsis50feet.
Stitch:Sothenbecausewehaveasideandanangle,wecanuse
SohCahToatocalculatetheheightofthetriangle.
Scar:Soforeverysecond,theheightofthediverontheFerrisWheelis
50sin(9t).
Stitch:Butthatistheheightfromthestartposition?
Scar:Sothenwewouldhavetoadd65?
Stitch:Yes,soitwouldbe50sin(9t)+65.
Scar:Good,sowehavetheheightoftheFerrisWheelatanytime,what
aboutitshorizontalposition?
Stitch:Sotheninsteadofsolvingfortheopposite,wewouldsolveforthe
adjacentside.
Scar:Soo50cos(9t).
Stitch:Whydidyouusecosineandnotsine?
Scar:Becausewearesolvingfortheadjacentsidesobasedoffof
SohCahToa,cosineusesadjacentandhypotenuse.
Stitch:Soifthetawouldhavebeenontheotherangle,wouldwehaveused
sine?
Scar:Yes,everythingisbasedoffofwherethetais.
Stitch:Sodowehaveenoughinformationtosolvetheproblem?
Scar:Howlongwillittakeforthedivertofall?
Stitch:Welliftherewasnowindresistance,canwejustuse
heightofdiver
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becausethatisalreadydefined.
50sin(9t)+57
Scar:So
Stitch:Sonowwecansolveit!!
Scar:Uhhmmmm,Ithinkwearemissingonething.Thecartshorizontal
positionatanytime.
Stitch:Sothecartstarts240feetawayanditmovesat15feetpersecond.
*drawsline*
Scar:Okaygood,arewedoneyet???
Stitch:Sonowwejusthavetoputittogether.
50sin(9t)+57
15(t +
)240=50cos(9t)
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Scar:Howdowesolvethat????
Stitch:Letsjustuseagraphingcalculator
Scar:SoyouwouldsurviveifIpushyouoffaftertheFerrisWheelstarts
movingbetween12.282855secondsand12.651126seconds.
Stitch:Wellyoubetternotmessupbecausemissitby1secondandIdie
Narrator:StitchandScarclimbontotheFerrisWheelandturniton.After
exactly12.340426seconds,ScarpushesStitchofftheFerrisWheel.Stitch
landsdeadinthecenteroffthecart.
Stitch:*drowns*
Scar:Whoa,WHoa,ahhhhhhhh!!!*plummetstodeath*
Narrator:TheEND...