document.write( "Question 1004816: The gear ratio between two gears is 4.5:1. If the longer gear has 64 teeth,how many teeth does the smaller gear has? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "But no gear can have a fraction for its \r\n" );
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document.write( "botched or it wasn't copied correctly.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The larger (not \"longer\") gear would have 288 teeth.\r\n" );
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