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What is the speed of gears?

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Gears A and D have 60 teeth each, gear B has 40 teeth, and gear C has 20 teeth.
Suppose that gear B makes twenty complete turns every minute,
explain the relative speed of gears A and D
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posted Mar 26, 2014 by Pavan P Naik

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1 Answer

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A and D will rotate with same speed
Its formula
Speed of A/Speed of B = no. of teeth of B/ no. of teeth of A
Speed of A/ 20 = 40/60

Speed of A and D=40/3
Answer Is 40/3

answer Jan 27, 2015 by Jaspalsingh Parmar



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