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Precalculus Enhanced with Graphing Utilities
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Precalculus Enhanced with Graphing Utilities

Precalculus Enhanced with Graphing Utilities

Book edition 6th
Author(s) Sullivan
Pages 1200 pages
ISBN 9780321795465

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Crankshafts on Cars On a certain automobile, the crankshaft is 3 inches long and the connecting rod is 9 inches long (see the figure). At the time when ∠OPQ is 15°, how

far is the piston (P) from the center (O) of the crankshaft?

The distance from the centre of the crankshaft to the piston is 6.8 inches long.

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Step 1. Given Information

A crankshaft is 3 inches long and the rod that connects it to the piston is 9 inches long.

Find the distance from the centre of the crankshaft to the piston OP when the angle between the rod and OP is ∠OPQ=15∘

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