SOLUTION: The number of revolutions of a wheel, with fixed center and with an outside diameter of 6 m, required to cause a point on the rim to go one km is (A)880 (B) 440/pi (C) 500/3pi (

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Question 269354: The number of revolutions of a wheel, with fixed center and with an outside diameter of 6 m, required to cause a point on the rim to go one km is
(A)880 (B) 440/pi (C) 500/3pi (D) 440 pi (E) None of these.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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circumference of a circle = pi*d
22/7 * 6
1000 meters = 1 km
A POINT ON THE CIRCUMFERENCE TRAVEL A DISTANCE OF PI*D FOR ONE REVOLUTION
1000 / 22/7 *6
1000*7 /22*6
53.08 revolutions