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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) §12.2 Plane Motion: Projectiles and Cycloids, #22 · Multivariable Calculus · Curves in space

For a trochoid, the point … is a distance … from the…

This problem is about cycloids and related curves

For a trochoid, the point $P$ is a distance $d$ from the center of the rolling circle. Redraw Figure 12.6b to find $x = a θ - d sin θ$ and $y =$ ____.

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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) · §12.2 Plane Motion: Projectiles and Cycloids, #22

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