A circular wheel with radius 1 ft and center C rolls to the right along the x-axis

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A circular wheel with radius 1 ft and center C rolls to the right along the x-axis at a half-turn per second. At time t seconds, the position vector of the point P on the wheel’s circumference isimage


a. Sketch the curve traced by P during the interval 0 ≤ t ≤ 3.


b. Find v and a at t = 0, 1, 2, and 3 and add these vectors to your sketch.


c. At any given time, what is the forward speed of the topmost point of the wheel? Of C?image

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Thomas Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 9780321884077

13th Edition

Authors: Joel R Hass, Christopher E Heil, Maurice D Weir

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