The wheels on a truck are 0.75 meter in diameter. If the truck is traveling at 1,500 meters per minute, how many revolutions per minute (rpm’s) do the wheels make? Use a calculator and round off your answer to two decimal places.

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1) The wheels on a truck are 0.75 meter in diameter. If the truck is traveling at 1,500 meters per minute, how many revolutions per minute (rpm’s) do the wheels make? Use a calculator and round off your answer to two decimal places. 

 

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(1500 meters/1 minute) x (____ / ____ meters )                         = rev/minute?

 

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