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Alonso
04-11-2006, 12:58 AM
Can somebody help me with this problem please...its driving me crazy!
Click Here (http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/1160/mathproblem36ht.png) for the problem.

And I am also having trouble with this one too.
A wheel of radius 10 cm is turning at a rate of 6 revolutions per minute. Calculate the angle through which the wheel turns in 1 second.

Matt
04-11-2006, 03:14 AM
For the second problem, it will travel a total of 6*360 degrees in 60 seconds, which is 2160 degrees. That divided by 60 will get you the answer, which is 36 degrees. I don't see what the ten cm has to do with it, angle measures aren't affected by size, are they?

Alonso
04-11-2006, 10:35 PM
For the second problem, it will travel a total of 6*360 degrees in 60 seconds, which is 2160 degrees. That divided by 60 will get you the answer, which is 36 degrees. I don't see what the ten cm has to do with it, angle measures aren't affected by size, are they?
LMAO!! Oh my God...I cannot believe this. You got 36° by just doing that. I did a completely different process. I had to use the formulas for circumference and area and it took me longer and I had to use rounded decimals. And you just did it like that. Unbelievable!

Thanks anyway!