A penny-farthing is a bicycle with a very large front wheel and a much smaller back wheel. Penny-farthings were popular in the 1800s and were available in different sizes. Suppose the diameter of one particular penny-farthing's front wheel is inches and the ratio of the diameter of the front wheel to the diameter of the back wheel is :1. What is the circumference of the back wheel? Use 3.14 for. The circumference of the back wheel is nothing inches.

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MrRoyal MrRoyal · Answer 1 · 2021-06-25T01:44:59+02:00

Answer:

The circumference of the back wheel is 2.62 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

[tex]d_1 = 5in[/tex] --- diameter of front wheel

[tex]d_1 : d_2 = 3:1[/tex] --- ratio of the diameters

Required

The circumference of the back wheel

First, we calculate the diameter of the back wheel.

We have:

[tex]d_1 : d_2 = 3:1[/tex]

Substitute: [tex]d_1 = 5in[/tex]

[tex]5in: d_2 = 3 : 1[/tex]

Express as fraction

[tex]\frac{d_2}{5in} = \frac{1}{3}[/tex]

Make [tex]d_2[/tex] the subject

[tex]d_2 =5in * \frac{1}{3}[/tex]

[tex]d_2 = \frac{5}{3}\ in[/tex]

So, the circumference (C) of the back wheel is:

[tex]C =\pi d[/tex]

[tex]C = 3.14 * \frac{5}{6}\ in[/tex]

[tex]C = \frac{3.14 * 5}{6}\ in[/tex]

[tex]C = \frac{15.7}{6}\ in[/tex]

[tex]C = 2.62\ in[/tex]