Purely Rolling Sphere!
Classical Mechanics
Level
2
When a sphere undergoes Uniform Pure Rolling motion, the path traced by any point on circumfernce of the sphere in one complete rotation of the sphere is:
Cycloid
Parabola
Semicircle
Elliptical
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1 solution
See the diagram:
This curve is known as a cycloid .