If a bicycle wheel has 36 spokes, then the angle between a pair of adjacent spokes is

(a) 10°
(b) 15°
(c) 20°
(d) 12°

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Solution

(a) 10°

The complete central angle of a bicycle wheel measures 360°.

Therefore, the angle between two adjacent spokes of the wheel containing 36 spokes = $\frac{360}{36}$ = 10°

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