When pandemic strikes, one of Terry Mike's routines every day is to have a morning exercise. This morning, his routine exercise in a stationary bike consists of 100 rotations of the wheels. While his cousin Mark is watching him, he is thinking, if the bike's wheels have a radius of 1 ft., how far would he have gone if Terry Mike was riding an ordinary bike (in feet)? He tried to solve it and felt amazed by what he had arrived at because he got it right. What is his answer?

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When pandemic strikes, one of Terry Mike's routines every day is to have a morning exercise. This
morning, his routine exercise in a stationary bike consists of 100 rotations of the wheels. While his
cousin Mark is watching him, he is thinking, if the bike's wheels have a radius of 1 ft., how far would he
have gone if Terry Mike was riding an ordinary bike (in feet)? He tried to solve it and felt amazed by
what he had arrived at because he got it right. What is his answer?
Transcribed Image Text:When pandemic strikes, one of Terry Mike's routines every day is to have a morning exercise. This morning, his routine exercise in a stationary bike consists of 100 rotations of the wheels. While his cousin Mark is watching him, he is thinking, if the bike's wheels have a radius of 1 ft., how far would he have gone if Terry Mike was riding an ordinary bike (in feet)? He tried to solve it and felt amazed by what he had arrived at because he got it right. What is his answer?
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