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dejastew

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A set of LT235/75R15 tires are removed from a pickup truck and replaced with LT255/75R15 tires. If the old gear had 20 teeth, how many should the gear have which will correct the speedometer error?
 
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Question 2

A truck originally has 29-in. tires and a speedometer gear with 28 teeth. The original tires are removed and replaced with 31-in. tires. To correct the speedometer error due to this change, how many teeth should a new speedometer gear have?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



joshraies

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Answer to Question 1

19 teeth

Answer to Question 2

26 teeth



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