SOLUTION: Cadel Evans of Australia won the 2011 Tour de France bicycle race. The wheel of his bicycle had a 67cm diameter. His overall average linear speed during the race was 39.794km/h. Wh

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Question 1064335: Cadel Evans of Australia won the 2011 Tour de France bicycle race. The wheel of his bicycle had a 67cm diameter. His overall average linear speed during the race was 39.794km/h. What was his the angular speed of the wheel, in revolutions per hour.
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In one hour, he traveled 39.794 km or 39,794 m or 3,979,400 cm
The wheel had a circumference of 67*pi cm
Dividing the top by the bottom, one gets 18,905.71 revolutions per hour.

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