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A bicycle wheel makes five rotations. The bicycle travels 40.56ft. Find the diameter of the wheel in inches.

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User Yaro
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Explanation:

FIVE rotations is FIVE circumferences

so EACH circumference is 40.56 ft. / 5

circumference is pi * diameter

which re-arranges to circumference / pi = diameter

Using 40.56/5 as circumference this becomes

40.56 / (5pi) = diameter = 2.58 ft

multiply this by 12 in/ foot to find inches = 30.98 = ~ 31 inches

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