document.write( "Question 1141799: A penny farthing bicycle is a type of bicycle with one large front wheel and one small rear shell. On a particular penny-farthing bicycle, the radius of the front shell is three times larger than the radius of the rear wheel. For ever one time the front wheel completes a revolution, how many times will the rear wheel complete a revolution?
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document.write( "A)9
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document.write( "B)3
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document.write( "C)1/3
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document.write( "D)1/9 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #762427 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "[ large P ] / [ small P ] = 3/1 \n" ); document.write( "The small wheel traces out it's perimeter 3 times \n" ); document.write( "when the large wheel rotates once. \n" ); document.write( "B) 3\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |