the circumference of the front wheel of a cart is 30 ft long and that of the back wheel is 32 ft long . what is the distance traveled by the cart , when the front wheel has done 5 more revolutions than the rear wheel ?
Pick:
A) 20 ft
B) 25 ft
C) 750 ft
D) 900 ft
E) 2400 ft

Rationale: point to note : both the wheels would have traveled the same distance . now consider , no . of revolutions made by back wheel as x , which implies that the number of revolutions made by the front wheel is ( x + 5 ) . equating the distance traveled by front wheel to back wheel : ( x + 5 ) * 30 = x * 32 . ( formula for calculating the distance traveled by each wheel is : # of revolutions * circumference . ) solving this eqn . gives x = 75 . sub x = 75 either in ( x + 5 ) * 30 or in x * 32 to get the distance , which is 2400 . so the correct choice is e .
Answer: E