SOLUTION: Billy likes to go cycling. His bike has wheels of diameter 85cm. He has invented a counter for his bike, which counts the number of revelations the wheel makes. One day the co

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Question 1034015: Billy likes to go cycling.
His bike has wheels of diameter 85cm.
He has invented a counter for his bike,
which counts the number of revelations the wheel makes.
One day the counter shows 370 revolutions.
How far has billy cycled?
give your answer to the nearest metre.

Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'm thinking the wheel makes revolutions...revelation is something else...lol...
In any case,
370 revolutions means 370 circumferences. We use
so that
Total distance he cycled is
meters

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