Context 3 - Gears Part 2

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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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How do you determine the ratio between two gears? How were such gear ratios written for the bicycle gears we examined?

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What are the relationships between rotation of the pedal crank, gears, wheel size, and speed of a bicycle?

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In what other settings are gears used besides bicycles?

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How fast, in rpm, is the axle on the motor turning?

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If Gear A has 24 teeth, written a = 24, how fast is the second shaft turning?

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If a = 48, how fast is the second shaft turning?

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If a = 8, how fast is the second shaft turning?

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If a = 12, how fast is the second shaft turning?

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If a = 100, how fast is the second shaft turning?

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Explain the process that you used to calculate the values for the exercises above.