document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=156823>Question 156823</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A pulley rotates through 50 degrees in one minute. how many rotations does the pulley make in an hour? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 60 minutes in an hour so:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50 * 60 = 3000 degrees <BR>\n" );
document.write( "that's the total number of degrees the pulley has moved in an hour<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, we know that a single rotation of the pulley is 360 degrees.  So, to find how many rotations it made in an hour we divide the \"total degrees moved\" by 360.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3000/360 = 8.3333 rotations<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 and 1/3 rotations </SPAN>\n" );
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