Question

In his gold medal snowboarding halfpipe run in the 2018 Winter Olympics, Shaun White performed five tricks. On these five tricks, his degrees of rotation were 1440o, 1440o, 540o, 1260o, and 1260o. What is the total number of complete rotations that he made?

A. 16 B. 16 1 2
C. 17 D. 17 1 2
E. 18

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is A. 16

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Let's review the information provided to us to answer the question correctly:

Degrees of rotation of the tricks performed by Shaun White:

1440 - 1440 - 540 - 1260 - 1260

Total degrees of the five tricks = 5,940

2. What is the total number of complete rotations that he made?

Number of complete rotations = Total degrees of the five tricks/Degrees of a circumference

Replacing with the real values, we have:

Number of complete rotations = 5,940/360

Number of complete rotations = 16 and 1 incomplete

The correct answer is A. 16