Question

A street that is 186 m long is covered in snow. City workers are using a snowplow to clear the street. A tire on the snowplow has to turn 31 times in traveling the length of the street. What is the diameter of the tire? Use the value 3.14 for PI . Round your answer to the nearest tenth. Do not round any intermediate steps.

Answer 1

The number of times the tire will have to turn in travelling the length of the street is 30.9 times.

To determine the number of times the tire will have to turn in travelling the length of the street, we will first calculate the circumference of the tire.

Since the tire is circular, the circumference of the tire can be calculated from the formula for calculating the circumference of a circle.

The circumference of a circle is given by

C = πd

Where C is the circumference and d is the diameter

From the question d = 1.7m and π = 3.14

∴ C = 3.14 × 1.7

C = 5.338 m

Therefore, the circumference of the tire is 5.338 m

Now, for the number of times the tire will have to turn in travelling the length of the street, we will divide the length of the street by the circumference of the tire.

Number of times the tire will have to turn = Length of the street ÷ Circumference of the tire

Number of times the tire will have to turn = 165 m ÷ 5.338 m

Number of times the tire will have to turn = 30.91045 times

Number of times the tire will have to turn ≅ 30.9 times

Hence, the number of times the tire will have to turn in travelling the length of the street is 30.9 times