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Author: Jack Erjavec, Rob Thompson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 38, Problem 1RQ

What determines whether a conventional transmission or a transaxle is used?

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To determine

Whether a conventional transmission or transaxle is used in a vehicle.

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The type of drive system helps to determine either a transmission or transaxle is used.

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In a vehicle, the type of drive system helps in determining whether it is a conventional transmission or a transaxle. Both the transmission housing and transaxle uses a set of meshed gears of varying sizes to provide the engine various output torque and speed needed to drive the wheels. The vehicles that have rear wheel drive mainly use a conventional transmission and the vehicles with front-wheel drive use a transaxle.

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