When an external gear is in mesh with an internal gear, both gears will rotate in which direction?
A)In opposite directions
B)In the same direction
C)Independent of each other
D)In none of the above directions

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When an external gear meshes with an internal gear, both gears rotate in the same direction. This is due to the way the teeth of the gears interact with each other, which is different from the interaction in a pair of external gears, where the gears rotate in opposite directions.

When an External Gear Is in Mesh with an Internal