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Context 3 - Gears Part 2
By Joshua Luckhaupt
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Question 1
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What advantage do you gain from using gears? For example, when riding a bike, how do gears help the cyclist?
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Question 11
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Read the passage first and then fill in the table below.
Click "Show your work" to fill out the table.
Hint: Use the "T" option on the left side menu to type your answers into the boxes.
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Question 2
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How do you determine the ratio between two gears? How were such gear ratios written for the bicycle gears we examined?
Question 3
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What are the relationships between rotation of the pedal crank, gears, wheel size, and speed of a bicycle?
Question 4
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In what other settings are gears used besides bicycles?
Question 5
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How fast, in rpm, is the axle on the motor turning?
Question 6
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If Gear A has 24 teeth, written a = 24, how fast is the second shaft turning?
Question 7
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If a = 48, how fast is the second shaft turning?
Question 8
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If a = 8, how fast is the second shaft turning?
Question 9
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If a = 12, how fast is the second shaft turning?
Question 10
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If a = 100, how fast is the second shaft turning?
Question 12
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Explain the process that you used to calculate the values for the exercises above.