Q) A roller coaster has a continuous series of identical hills that are 18 m off the

ground. The platform to get on the roller coaster is located at the top of the first hill. It
takes 3 seconds to reach the bottom of the hill, located 3 m off the ground.
a) Draw 3 cycles that models the movement of the roller coaster in terms of height vs
time.
b) Determine an equation that models the movement of the roller coaster.
Q) A Ferris wheel has a radius of 10m and rotates at the rate of one revolution every
48s. At the bottom of the ride the passenger is 2m above the ground. You start your
ride from the bottom of the wheel.
a) Determine a function that represents your height ‘h’ above the ground at any
time‘t’.
b) Determine your height above the ground after 2.5min.
c) At what times is your height 9m above the ground? Write your answer correct to the
a)nearest
T = 48secsecond.

360
 48
k
360 10 m
k 
48
k  7.5
2
Phase shift = 24

b) t = 2.5 min = 2.5 x 60 = 15 0 sec

h  10 cos 7.5(t  24)  12

h  10 cos 7.5(150  24)  12

h  10 cos 7.5(126)  12
h  4.9 m above the ground.
A waterwheel with radius 7 m has 1 m submerged. The wheel rotates 6 revolutions per
hour. Time is measured from the moment when a point P on the rim of the wheel is at
its maximum height above the surface of the water. Determine an equation that
describes the motion as a function of time t minutes.
A windmill has its center 10 m above the ground and blades 2 m in length. When the blades of the
windmill are moving the tip of any one blade (call it point Q) makes a complete rotation in 12s.
a) If the rotation begins at the highest possible point, determine a function that gives the height
of points Q above the ground at a time t.
b) What is the height of point Q after 5s? 25s?
c) At what time is Q exactly 11m above the ground?(
d) When will point Q be 13m above the ground? Explain.
A  2 m, T  12 sec
360
T 
K
360
12 
K
K 
360
 30
Vertical displacement =10 m. 2m
12 So equation modeling the situation is
10m
b) When t = 5 sec
y  2c os150  10
ground
y  8  27 m

c) When y = 11 m
11  2c os 30t  10
11  10  2c os 30t
1  2c os 30t
 A Ferris wheel has a radius of 7 m. The centre of the wheel is 8 m above the ground. The Ferris
Wheel rotates at a constant speed of degree of 15 degrees per second. The height above the
ground of the only red seat can be modeled by the function h(t) = 7 sin 15t + 8 .
a) Determine the height of the red seat at the start of the rids.
b) What is the maximum height of any seat ?
c) When is the red seat at its maximum height during the first rotation ?
d) What is the minimum height of any seat ? (1m)
e) When is the red seat at its minimum height during the first rotation ?
f) How long will it take the red seat to make two complete rotations?
 The vertical distance in meters of a rider with respect to horizontal diameter of a
Ferris wheel is modeled by h(t) = 5 cos 18 t, where ‘t’ is the number of seconds
a) When is the rider at 4.5 m and -3.2 m?
b) When is the third time the rider is -3.5 m?
Q) A waterwheel with radius 7 m has 1 m submerged. The wheel rotates 6 revolutions
per hour. Time is measured from the moment when a point P on the rim of the wheel is
at its maximum height above the surface of the water. Determine an equation that
describes the motion as a function of time t minutes.