Question

Shawn is coasting down a 500 cm long ramp on his inline skates. The wheels on his inline skates are 32 cm in circumference. How many rotations does each wheel make while Shawn is coasting down the ramp? Plz help

Answer 1

16 rotations.

Explanation:

We have been given that Shawn is coasting down a 500 cm long ramp on his inline skates. The wheels on his inline skates are 32 cm in circumference.

To find the number of rotations we will divide length of ramp by 32 as distance covered by wheels in one rotation will be equal to 32 cm.

`\text{Number of rotations}=\frac{\text{Total distance}}{\text{Circumference of wheel}}`

`\text{Number of rotations}=(500)/(32)`

`\text{Number of rotations}=15.625\approx 16`

Therefore, each wheel must make 16 rotations while Shawn is coasting down the ramp.