SOLUTION: you make a wagon wheel wheel that has a diameter of 3 feet. How many turns of the wheel will it take to have you go the distance of one mile(5280 feet)?
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Question 704883: you make a wagon wheel wheel that has a diameter of 3 feet. How many turns of the wheel will it take to have you go the distance of one mile(5280 feet)?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
radius = 1.5 ft
# revolutions = 5280/(2 * 1.5 * pi) = 560.225 turns
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