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A wheel diameter is 3.5ft. Approximately how far does it travel if it make 20 full rotations

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Hello!

Here we have s=r*thetha and s is arc length which is what you want here. Also r is radius and theta is in radians only! So given your values we have

s=3.5/2*(20revs)*2pi
(because 2pi is one rev in radians)
s=1.75*40pi = 70*pi for an exact answer. Or 70*pi= 220ft

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