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Find the speed a car will travel with a gear ratio of 3.2 with 27 inch diameter tires , 2690 RPM engine.

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To find the speed of the car, we need to use the formula:

speed = (RPM * tire diameter * pi * gear ratio) / (336 * 12)

where:

RPM is the engine speed in revolutions per minute

tire diameter is the diameter of the tires in inches

pi is the mathematical constant pi (approximately 3.14)

gear ratio is the ratio of the number of teeth on the driven gear to the number of teeth on the driving gear

336 is a constant representing the number of inches per minute that a car will travel at 1 mile per hour

12 is a constant representing the number of inches in a foot

Plugging in the given values, we get:

speed = (2690 * 27 * 3.14 * 3.2) / (336 * 12)

simplifying the equation, we get:

speed = 63.8 mph (rounded to one decimal place)

Therefore, the car will travel at a speed of approximately 63.8 miles per hour

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