Problem 1213. What gear ratio does the cyclist need?

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Chris on 10 Sep 2021

Had to take the conversion factor out to exactly 7 decimal places to solve.

Oliver on 13 Jul 2022

fun problem!

Shubham Shubham on 12 Oct 2022

do we have to consider the units while solving, then the solution is totally different and nowhere close.

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GeeTwo on 1 Jul 2022

Takes advantage of limited test suite - wheelDiam and tireHeight are always the same values.

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GeeTwo on 1 Jul 2022

Erroneous solution - I multiplied by wheel size rather than divided!

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