On a particular vehicle, the front tire makes three revolutions for every one revolution the back tire makes. How many times larger is the radius of the back tire than the radius of the front tire?

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Junchen Liu asked Apr 15, 2023

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On a particular vehicle, the front tire makes three revolutions for every one revolution the back tire makes. How many times larger is the radius of the back tire than the radius of the front tire?

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Junchen Liu asked Apr 15, 2023

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Answer:

3 times larger

Explanation:

Front tire circumference = pi *d

rear tire is 3 times this = pi 3 d

so rear tire has radius 3x that of the front tire

ArtemKh answered Apr 21, 2023

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