Answer:
7ft; 8 minutes
Step-by-step explanation:
a. to find the height the person boarded at, plug in t=0 since this is right when the person got on the Ferris wheel. we then get:
h(0) = -45 * cos ((pi/4)*0) + 52 = 7 ft
b. to find the period, we have pi/4 * t = 2*pi, solve for t to get t=8
