document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=883557>Question 883557</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At the San Francisco Cable Car Museum you can see the four cable lines <BR>\n" );
document.write( "that are used to pull cable cars up and down the hills of the city. Each cable car travels at a speed of 9.55 miles per hour caused by a rotating wheel whose diameter is 8.5 feet. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) How fast is the wheel rotating? Express your answer in feet/minute rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot per minute. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) What is the speed of the wheel in revolutions per minute?      Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a revolution/minute. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that are used to pull cable cars up and down the hills of the city.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Each cable car travels at a speed of 9.55 miles per hour caused by a rotating wheel whose diameter is 8.5 feet.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) How fast is the wheel rotating? Express your answer in feet/minute rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot per minute.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the speed of the cable car in ft/min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%289.55%2A5280%29%29%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%289.55%2A5280%29%29%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 840 ft/min\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) What is the speed of the wheel in revolutions per minute? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a revolution/minute.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the circumference of the wheel<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=pi%2A8.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"pi%2A8.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = 25.447 ft is the circumference of the wheel<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the rpm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=840.4%2F25.447 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"840.4%2F25.447\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 33.03 rev/min<BR>\n" );
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