A certain machine is to contain two wheels, one of radius 3 centimeters and one of radius 5 centimeters, whose centers are attached to points 14 centimeters apart. The manufacturer of this machine needs to produce a belt that will fit snugly around the two wheels, as shown in the diagram. Students are asked to determine how long the belt would be? Aligns with G-C.A and G-C.B.5.

Concepts

tangent

Show More Show Less

Additional Tags

tangent to circle, cc by-nc-sa 4.0, creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike 4.0, g-c.a, g-c.b.5, illustrative mathematics, two wheels and a belt

Show More Show Less

Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice