document.write( "Question 526049: an antique bike has two wheels. The front wheel has a radius that is 8 times bigger than the smaller wheel in back. when the bike has traveled 100ft the back wheel rotates 60 times more than the larger front wheel. What is the diameter of each wheel? \n" ); document.write( "
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An antique bike has two wheels.
\n" ); document.write( " The front wheel has a radius that is 8 times bigger than the smaller wheel in back.
\n" ); document.write( "when the bike has traveled 100ft the back wheel rotates 60 times more than the larger front wheel.
\n" ); document.write( " What is the diameter of each wheel?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let d = diameter of the small wheel
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "8d = diameter of the large wheel
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\n" ); document.write( "Change 100 ft to 1200 inches
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\n" ); document.write( "large wheel rotations + 60 = small wheel rotations
\n" ); document.write( "\"1200%2F%28pi%2A8d%29\" + 60 = \"1200%2F%28pi%2Ad%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Multiply each term by \"pi%2Ad\", results:
\n" ); document.write( "\"1200%2F8\" + \"60pi%2Ad\" = 1200
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\n" ); document.write( "150 + \"60pi%2Ad\" = 1200
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\n" ); document.write( "\"60pi%2Ad\" = 1200 - 150
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\n" ); document.write( "\"60pi%2Ad\" = 1050
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\n" ); document.write( "divide both sides by \"pi%2A60\"
\n" ); document.write( "d = \"1050%2F%28pi%2A60%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "d = 5.57 inches is the diameter of the small wheel
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "8*5.57 = 44.56 inches is the diameter of the large wheel
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\n" ); document.write( "See if this checks out, find no. of rotations of each wheel in 1200 inches
\n" ); document.write( "1200/(pi*5.57) = 68.58 times
\n" ); document.write( "1200/(pi*44.56) = 8.67 times
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\n" ); document.write( "rotates differs ~ 60 rotations
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