The Cleveland City Cable Railway had a 14-foot-diameter pulley to drive the cable. In order to keep the cable cars moving at a linear velocity of 17 miles per hour, how fast would the pulley need to turn (in revolutions per minute)? (1 mi = 5,280 ft. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)

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Problem 20A: In Figure 208, gear A is turning at 120 revolutions per minute and gear B is turning at 3.6...
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1.  The Cleveland City Cable Railway had a 14-foot-diameter pulley to drive the cable. In order to keep the cable cars moving at a linear velocity of 17 miles per hour, how fast would the pulley need to turn (in revolutions per minute)? (1 mi = 5,280 ft. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)

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