SOLUTION: 1. Two gears of radii 3.5 cm and 5.8 cm are adjusted so that the smaller gear drives the larger one, as shown. If the smaller gear rotates counterclockwise through 225°, through h

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Question 1187997: 1. Two gears of radii 3.5 cm and 5.8 cm are adjusted so that the smaller gear drives the larger one, as shown. If the smaller gear rotates counterclockwise through 225°, through how many degrees will the larger gear rotate?
2. A jeepney has a windshield wiper on the driver’s side that has total arm and blade 10 inches long and rotates back and forth through an angle of 95°. The shaded region in the figure is the portion of the windshield cleaned by the 7-inch wiper blade. What is the area of the region cleaned? thankk uu so much...

Answer by ikleyn(52792)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The angles are in inverse proportion to radii:


     = 


It gives


    x =  = 135.7759  degrees . . . ANSWER

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