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When a small spur gear turns a big spur gear, what happens?
- (a)The big gear turns faster and in the same direction.
- (b)The big gear spins slower and in the same direction.
- (c)The big gear spins slower and in the opposite direction.
- (d)The big gear spins faster and in the opposite direction.
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The big gear spins slower and in the opposite direction.
Reason — When two meshing spur gears rotate, their teeth interlock, so the driven gear always turns in the opposite direction to the driving gear. Since the big gear has more teeth than the small driving gear, it completes fewer rotations, so it spins slower and in the opposite direction.