Answer:
Eric’s tires would have traveled 94.2 inches more
Step-by-step explanation:
To get the answer to this question, we will need to calculate the circumference of each of the tires, then multiply each of the answers by the number of times in which they moved which is 10 in this case.
We start with Eric’s
Mathematically, the circumference of a circle C can be calculated by multiplying the diameter of the circle by pi.
C = pi * D
pi has a value of 22/7
in Eric’s case, the value of the circumference is 3.14 * 29 =91.06 inches
After 10 complete revolutions, the distance traveled by Eric’s tires would be 91.06 * 10 = 910.6 inches
Now, let’s move on to Maggie, the circumference of her own tires would be;
C = pi * D = 3.14 * 26 = 81.64 inches
The distance traveled after 10 revolutions would be 10 * 81.64 = 816.4 inches
Now we want to know how much father Eric’s tires have traveled after these 10 revolutions. That could be calculated by subtracting the value of 10 times the circumference of Maggie’s tires from that of Eric’s.
hence we have 910.6 - 816.4 = 94.2 inches
