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,good day..

i am at my first year in college and i cant help but have a hard time solving this problem..pls help me...

"a belt passes over the rim of a flywheel 30 inches in diameter.find the speed of the belt if it drives the wheel at the rate of 5 revolutions per seconds.

tnx.

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Questioner:   thea
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Question:  ,good day..

i am at my first year in college and i cant help but have a hard time solving this problem..pls help me...

"a belt passes over the rim of a flywheel 30 inches in diameter.find the speed of the belt if it drives the wheel at the rate of 5 revolutions per seconds.

tnx.
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Hi, Thea,

One revolution would be one circumference, which would be:

C = PI D = 3.14 * 30.

Five times that would be your speed in inches per second.

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