Two gears are connected. The larger gear is rotated by length S by angle phi.

Recall that arclength is defined as:

s=

where s = arclength (i.e., distance along the perimeter of the gear), R = gear radius, and ϕ = angle of rotation.

Therefore, for the small and large gears:

ssmall=Rsmall ϕsmallslarge=Rlarge ϕlarge