Problem: Big Tires (click here for a statement of the problem)

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My Solution.

We can express RATE
as a ratio between DISTANCE travelled and the TIME it takes to travel that distance.

In the case of the affect of tire size on the speedometer reading, we need to consider a ratio between the RATES:

when

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We can also look at this problem as related to the ratio between the CIRCUMFERENCES of the tires. Recall that CIRCUMFERENCE can be expressed by the relationship:

where r is the RADIUS and d is the DIAMETER

The ratio between the CIRCUMFERENCE of the original tires and the replacement tires is:

So,

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So either way, the problem is reduced to the ratio between the DIAMETERS of the tires:

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Multiplying the ratio by 55mph:

That is to say, when the speedometer reads 53mph, the actual speed of the truck is 55mph.