Final Questions:

 

Suppose you want to roll a wheel which is a regular polygon with n  sides.

 

Give a parameterization for the centroidal curve.

 

What is the loss in speed that occurs each time the wheel lands on a flat side?

 

A (regular) polygonal wheel has 1000 sides and a radius of 1 meter.(Note: This wheel is nearly circular!!) How far will the wheel roll if it has an initial speed of 90 km per hour and we let it “coast”?

 

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