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When two gears are mashed, the revolutions per minute (rpm) are inversely proportional to the number of gears

Sagot :

AL2006
Not exactly.  The RPM is inversely proportional
to the number of teeth on the gears.

Note that in order for them to stay meshed, that'salso going to work out
to be the ratio of their radii.  Otherwise they won't stay engaged.