document.write( "Question 1102536: A wheel made 675 revolutions at 32 and 1/8 revolutions per min. how many times did it rotate? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Stanbon answered \"How many minutes did it take for the wheel to turn \r\n" );
document.write( "through 675 revolutions or rotations?\".  However, the question was not\r\n" );
document.write( "that.  The question asked \"How many times did it rotate?\". \r\n" );
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document.write( "This is a trick question, like \"Who was buried in Grant's tomb?\" In some \r\n" );
document.write( "usages of the verbs \"revolve\" and \"rotate\", they are not synonymous.  \r\n" );
document.write( "However in this usage, as \"goes around\", they are.  So if the wheel \r\n" );
document.write( "revolved 675 times, it also rotated 675 times.  The speed at which it \r\n" );
document.write( "rotated or revolved is irrelevant.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "[The verbs \"rotate\" and \"revolve\" do not mean the same thing when we say\r\n" );
document.write( "the earth ROTATES (spins) on its axis once every 24 hours and when we say \r\n" );
document.write( "the earth REVOLVES (moves in a circular path) around the sun once every \r\n" );
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