Question

Ashley is working on a project for her math class. She needs to make a trundle wheel, and it needs to go around 3 times for every 2000 cm it is pushed. What’s the radius to the nearest tenth of a cm her trundle wheel is?

a. 212.1 cm.
b. 318.5 cm.
c. 636.6 cm.
d. 954.8 cm.

Answer 1

The radius of Ashley's trundle wheel is approximately 666.7 cm.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the radius of the trundle wheel, we can set up a proportion. We know that the wheel needs to go around 3 times for every 2000 cm it is pushed. We can set up the proportion:

3 rotations / 2000 cm = 1 rotation / x cm

Cross multiplying, we get:

3x = 2000

Dividing both sides by 3, we get:

x = 666.7 cm

Therefore, the radius of Ashley's trundle wheel is approximately 666.7 cm.