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TheAdventureofStitchandScar

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.

Scar:So 100 in40seconds.

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
4

becausethatisalreadydefined.

50sin(9t)+57
Scar:So

Stitch:Sonowwecansolveit!!

Scar:Uhhmmmm,Ithinkwearemissingonething.Thecartshorizontal
positionatanytime.

Stitch:Sothecartstarts240feetawayanditmovesat15feetpersecond.

*drawsline*

Sothenwecansay 15t 240 iswherethecartwillbeatanygiven


moment.

Scar:Okaygood,arewedoneyet???

Stitch:Sonowwejusthavetoputittogether.

50sin(9t)+57
15(t +
)240=50cos(9t)
4

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...

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