Question

On a particular car, one tire is replaced. One rotation of the tire moves the car forward 6 feet. How many rotations of the tire take place to reach the 50,000 mile limit for the warranty on the tire?

a) 8,333 rotations
b) 10,000 rotations
c) 12,500 rotations
d) 16,667 rotations

Answer 1

To calculate the number of rotations to reach the 50,000 mile warranty limit, you convert miles to feet and divide by the distance one rotation covers. The calculation yields 44,000,000 rotations, which does not match any of the provided answer choices.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate how many rotations it takes for the tire to reach the 50,000 mile warranty limit, we need to determine the distance one rotation moves the car and then divide the total distance by that amount.

Since one rotation moves the car forward 6 feet, we need to convert the warranty limit from miles to feet:

• 50,000 miles = 50,000 × 5,280 feet/mile = 264,000,000 feet.

Now, divide this total number of feet by the distance covered per tire rotation:

• 264,000,000 feet / 6 feet/rotation = 44,000,000 rotations.

None of the answer choices (a through d) match this calculation, implying there may be a typo in the question or answer choices, or additional context may be required to match the question to the provided selections.