Answer:
402.336 meters per minutes
Step-by-step explanation:
revolutions per minute = speed in meters per minute / circumference in meters.
Diameter = 28 inches
Circumference of the wheel = 2πr
r = Diameter/2 = 28/2 = 14
Circumference = 2 × π × 14
= 87.964594301 inches
Approximately = 88 inches
Note that:
1 inch = 0.0254 metre
88 inches = x
x = 88 × 0.0254 meters
x = 2.2352 meters
Hence:
Revolutions per minute = Speed in meters per minute / circumference in meters.
Speed = Revolutions per minute × circumference in meters.
Speed = 180 RPM × 2.2352 meters
Speed = 402.336 meters per minutes