SOLUTION: A bicycle with 26-inch tires is being pedaled so that the tires are rotating at a rate of 200 revolutions per minute. • A second bicycle with 20-inch tires is being pedaled so th

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Question 936462: A bicycle with 26-inch tires is being pedaled so that the tires are rotating at a rate of 200
revolutions per minute.
• A second bicycle with 20-inch tires is being pedaled so that the tires are also rotating at a
rate of 200 revolutions per minute.
Which bicycle do you think is going faster? Why? Use the concepts of angular and linear velocity
in your answer.
I think the second bicycle is going faster.

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A bicycle with 26-inch tires is being pedaled so that the tires are rotating at a rate of 200
revolutions per minute.
• A second bicycle with 20-inch tires is being pedaled so that the tires are also rotating at a
rate of 200 revolutions per minute.
Which bicycle do you think is going faster? Why? Use the concepts of angular and linear velocity
in your answer.
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Bicycle 1 moves 26*pi inches per revolution.
Bicycle 2 moves 20*pi inches per revolution.