A wheel of diameter is rolling in the forward direction on a horizontal surface. Let be a top most point of the circumference of the wheel at the initial position. Find the displacement of (in meters) after the wheel has completed one-fourth rollings.
Give your answer to two decimal places.
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The trick is to figure out that M does not stay in the same place.
So, the wheel moves forward by 4 2 π r = 2 π r as it is clear from the figure.
Applying Pythagoras' theorem:-
M M ′ Putting the values : − M M ′ = r 2 + ( 2 π r + r ) 2 = r 2 + ( 2 π r + 2 r ) 2 = r 2 + r 2 ( 2 π + 2 ) 2 = r 2 ( 1 + ( 2 π + 2 ) 2 ) = r ( 2 π + 2 ) 2 + 1 = 2 3 7 . 6 0 9 = 1 . 5 × 2 . 7 5 8 ≈ 4 . 1 3