TrigonometrySuperchallenge
Trigonometry · Superchallenge problem
A bicycle's odometer assumes the wheel's rolling radius is always exactly cm, and so reports a distance of cm for every wheel rotation. Over the course of a -rotation ride the tire actually wears down evenly, so its TRUE rolling radius decreases from exactly cm at the first rotation to exactly cm at the ten-thousandth, shrinking by the same tiny amount on each successive rotation. Modelling each rotation as a circle at its own true radius, find by how many cm the odometer's reported distance OVERSTATES the bicycle's true distance travelled.