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 $