The radius of the front wheels of a cart is half the radius of its rea...
Given that the front wheels have a circumference of 1 meter, we can deduce that their radius is half of this circumference, which is 1/2 meter or 0.5 meters.
Let's denote the radius of the rear wheels as R. According to the problem, the radius of the front wheels is half the radius of the rear wheels. Therefore, we can express the radius of the front wheels in terms of R as follows:
Front wheel radius = 0.5R
We know that the circumference of a circle is given by the formula C = 2πr, where C represents the circumference and r represents the radius. Using this formula, we can express the circumference of the front wheels as:
1 meter = 2π(0.5R) 1 = πR R = 1/π
Now we have the radius of the rear wheels, which is 1/π meters.
To calculate the number of revolutions made by each rear wheel, we can use the formula:
Number of revolutions = Distance traveled / Circumference of the wheel
The distance traveled is given as 1 kilometer, which is equal to 1000 meters. The circumference of a wheel is given by the formula C = 2πr.
Number of revolutions made by each rear wheel = 1000 meters / (2π(1/π)) = 1000 meters / (2π/π) = 1000 meters / 2 = 500 revolutions
Therefore, each rear wheel would make 500 revolutions.