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Assignment: Changing Tires

You have just purchased a new GMC Sierra equipped with factory-installed P235/75R17 tires.
You think the tires look too small, so you replace them with P265/70R17 tires.

1. How much further would the larger tire travel in one rotation of the wheel?
Circumference of first tire= 96.879 in
Circumference of second tire= 99.244 in
99.244-96.879= 2.365 in
The larger tire will travel 2.365 inches more than the smaller tire in one rotation.

2. If your odometer reading is 10,000, you have actually traveled how many miles?

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99.244
10,000x 96.879 = 10,002.4 miles

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3. Using the odometer readings in the truck equipped with the larger tires, you
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determine that the gas mileage is 18 miles per gallon. What is your actual gas mileage
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4. Originally, you wanted to replace your GMC Sierra equipped with factory-installed
P235/75R17 tires with monster truck style P305/70R22 tires. Your neighbor told you
that your chance of being ticketed as a super speeding would increase due to
inaccurate speedometer reading. If your speedometer reading displayed 6o miles per
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hour, could you be ticketed for super speeding (15 mph over the speed limit) in a 55
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mph zone? Justify your answer.

60x1.024= 61.44 mph
No, you could not be ticketed for super speeding because you are only going 6.44
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miles over the speed limit.

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