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A-LevelMathematicsTrigonometryMay/June 2015Paper 1 Q66 Marks

A tourist attraction in a city centre is a big vertical wheel on which passengers can ride. The wheel turns in such a way that the height, h m, of a passenger above the ground is given by the formula h = 60(1 – cos kt). In this formula, k is a constant, t is the time in minutes that has elapsed since the passenger started the ride at ground level and kt is measured in radians.

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About This A-Level Mathematics Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Mathematics (9709) May/June 2015 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Trigonometry and is worth 6 marks.

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