SOLUTION: For a meshed gear of a fixed radius, the number of revelations per minute varies inversely as the number of the gear teeth. If a particular gear had 100 teeth, it would revolve as
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Question 1079535: For a meshed gear of a fixed radius, the number of revelations per minute varies inversely as the number of the gear teeth. If a particular gear had 100 teeth, it would revolve as 10 revolutions per minute(rpm). What rpm would result if the number of teeth were reduced to 25?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For a meshed gear of a fixed radius, the number of revelations per minute varies inversely as the number of the gear teeth. If a particular gear had 100 teeth, it would revolve as 10 revolutions per minute(rpm). What rpm would result if the number of teeth were reduced to 25?
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r = k/t
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Solve for "k"::
10 = k/100
k = 1000
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Equation:
r = 1000/t
Ans: rpm = 1000/25
rpm = 40
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Cheers,
Stan
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