SOLUTION: A team in science class placed a chalk mark on the side of a wheel and rolled the wheel in a straight line until the chalk mark returned to the same position. the team then measure

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Question 36688: A team in science class placed a chalk mark on the side of a wheel and rolled the wheel in a straight line until the chalk mark returned to the same position. the team then measures the distance the wheel had rolled anf found it to be 64 cm. to the nearest tenth, what is the radius of the wheel?
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A team in science class placed a chalk mark on the side of a wheel and rolled the wheel in a straight line until the chalk mark returned to the same position. the team then measures the distance the wheel had rolled anf found it to be 64 cm. to the nearest tenth, what is the radius of the wheel?
IN ONE ROTATION THE CIRCULAR WHEEL TRAVELS ONE PERIMETER LENGTH ON A STRAIGHT PATH.
HENCE CIRCLE PERIMETER =2PI*R=64
R=64/2PI=10.2 CM