Moments, levers and gears

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Question 60
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Figure 1 shows a gear drive system used in an underwater tidal turbine to step up rotational speed for an electrical generator.

Tidal turbine gear system

The large turbine-driven gear T has 54 teeth and rotates clockwise at a rate of 1.2 revolutions per minute.

Gear wheel G has 9 teeth and meshes directly with gear wheel T.

Calculate the rotation rate of gear wheel G in revolutions per hour.

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