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Finding a Linear Speed

Avg difficulty 2.5

A bicycle has wheels 28 inches in diameter. A tachometer determines the wheels are rotating at 180 RPM (revolutions per minute). Find the speed the bicycle is traveling down the road.

OpenStax Algebra and Trigonometry 2e, 7.1 Angles, exercise 21

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