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A car tyre has a diameter of 60 cm.
How far will the wheel travel in one revolution?

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Explanation:

If 60cm is the outer diameter of the rim, then the rim without a tire would travel 188.50 (not 188.4) cm per revolution. There will of course be a tire, and the extra diameter of wheel+tire will increase the distance traveled by the bike. If e.g. the tire is 3cm from bead to outermost tread (and is properly inflated), then the extra circumference would be 2 x 3cm x pi = 18.850cm of distance traveled, for a total of just over 207.3 cm per revolution.

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