SOLUTION: A bicycle wheel has a diameter of 26 in. If the bicycle needs to travel 59 ft, how many revolutions of the wheel need to take place? Round to the nearest whole number.
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Question 554576: A bicycle wheel has a diameter of 26 in. If the bicycle needs to travel 59 ft, how many revolutions of the wheel need to take place? Round to the nearest whole number.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A bicycle wheel has a diameter of 26 in.
If the bicycle needs to travel 59 ft, how many revolutions of the wheel need to take place?
:
Change ft to inches, divide by the circumference
= 8.667 ~ 9 revolutions
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