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A bicycle wheel has a diameter 60inches how many rotations would it take to go 600 feet

A bicycle wheel has a diameter 60inches how many rotations would it take to go 600 feet-example-1
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the answer is 38.2!!!!
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First, we want to convert 600 feet to inches:

600 feet (12 inches/ft) = 7200 inches

We know that the diameter is 60 inches, so the circumference is 60π inches or 188.5 inches.
We can divide 7200/188.5 to get about 38.2 rotations.
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