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Riders on a ferris wheel travel in a circle in a vertical plane. A particular wheel has radius 20 feet and revolves at a constant rate of 1 revolution per minute. How many seconds does it take a rider to travel from bottom to a point 10 vertical feet above the bottom ?

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