Quantitative Aptitude Ques 2384

Question: A wheel that has 6 cogs in meshed with a larger wheel of 14 cogs. When the smaller wheel has made 21 revolutions, then the number of revolutions made by the larger wheel is

Options:

A) 4

B) 9

C) 12

D) 49

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

  • Let the required number of revolutions made by larger wheel be x. Then, $ 14:6::21:x $

$ \Rightarrow $ $ 14\times x=6\times 21 $
$ \Rightarrow $ $ x=( \frac{6\times 21}{14} )=9 $