A bicycle tire has a diameter of 3 feet. How many turns of the wheel could it take for the bicycle to go 792 feet?

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Deepak Negi · Answer 1 · 2021-07-30T10:30:12+0000

Answer:

84 complete turns

Explanation:

In order to find the number of turns that the bicycle wheel is going to take while going 792 feet, we need to find the circumference of the wheel.

$C = \pi \: d = 3.14 * 3 = 9.42 \: ft \\ no \: of \: turns = (792)/(9.42) \\ = 84.0764331 \\ = 84 \: turns$