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Try this ASVAB-style question.
Choose your answer before opening the explanation. This original practice item is for preparation and does not reproduce an official test question.
Which situation is the best example of differential?
- The charging system replenishes the battery during operation.
- The outside wheel turns farther than the inside wheel during a curve.
- Oscillation decreases after a wheel passes over a bump.
- Fluid pressure causes pads to clamp a spinning disc.
Reveal answer and explanation
The outside wheel turns farther than the inside wheel during a curve.
differential is a gear assembly that allows driven wheels to rotate at different speeds. The outside wheel turns farther than the inside wheel during a curve.