SOLUTION: A tire of a moving bicycle is 18 inches in radius. If the tire is making 3 rotations per second, find the bicycle's speed in miles per hour.
What I have tried:
Distance = 2 pi
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Question 549209: A tire of a moving bicycle is 18 inches in radius. If the tire is making 3 rotations per second, find the bicycle's speed in miles per hour.
What I have tried:
Distance = 2 pi r
2 pi 18 = 2 pi in.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A tire of a moving bicycle is 18 inches in radius.
If the tire is making 3 rotations per second, find the bicycle's speed in miles per hour.
:
Find no. of inches traveled in 1 hr, divide by no. of inches in a mile.
= 19.27 mph
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