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Help required to solve algebra 1 homework problem
A wheel that has 14 cogs is meshed with a smaller wheel of 6 cogs. When the smaller wheel has made 21 revolutions, then what is the number of revolutions made by larger wheel?
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If the small wheel makes 21 revolutions then it turns through 21 x 6 = 126 cogs.
The larger wheel then makes 126/14 = 9 revolutions