Question 11
Dr. Slump loves coconut juice and builds a coconut grinder. Its drive gears are numbered and arranged in two layers as shown.
The lower layer has gears 1,2,3 with 25,20,16 teeth, respectively. Gear 3 shares an axle with gear 4. The upper layer has gears 4,5,6,7 with 8,16,32,7 teeth, respectively. Grinding one coconut requires 4 turns of gear 7. How many coconuts are ground when gear 1 makes 224 turns? Gears on the same axle rotate at the same rate.
The lower layer has gears 1,2,3 with 25,20,16 teeth, respectively. Gear 3 shares an axle with gear 4. The upper layer has gears 4,5,6,7 with 8,16,32,7 teeth, respectively. Grinding one coconut requires 4 turns of gear 7. How many coconuts are ground when gear 1 makes 224 turns? Gears on the same axle rotate at the same rate.