Multiple choice technology

The working depth of an involute gear is equal to

  1. addendum

  2. dedendum

  3. addendum + dedendum

  4. 2 x addendum
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Explanation

Working depth (also called total depth) is the distance from the addendum circle to the dedendum circle, which equals twice the addendum since addendum and dedendum are equal in standard gear systems.

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