mathematics

MATH 2010 Week 4: Assignment 4 Please answer the following questions. Some of the questions are from your text. 1. An airplane reaches an altitude of 3mi above the earth. Assuming a clear day and

that a passenger has binoculars, how far can that passenger see? (Hint: The radius of the earth is approximately 4000 miles)

2. State the measure of the angle formed by the minute hand and the hour hand of a

clock when the time is a) 1:30pm and b) 2:20 am.

3. Suppose that a circle is divided into three congruent arcs by points A, B, and C.

What is the measure of each arc? What type of figure results when A, B, and C are joined by segments?

4. Answer the following problem from your textbook: Problem 29, Section 6.2.

5. The lengths of the legs of a right triangle are consecutive even integers. The

numerical value of the area is three times that of the longer leg. Find the lengths of the legs of the triangle.

6. Answer the following problem from your textbook: Problem 18, Section 6.1.

7. Answer the following questions from your textbook: Problem 39, Section 6.1.

8. The radius of a Ferris wheel’s circular path is 40 ft. If a “ride” of 12 revolutions is

made in 3 minutes, at what rate in feet per second is the passenger in a cart moving during the ride?