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Tagged with:       [Post New]posted on 2 Jun 2007 16:43:35 IST    
Answer the question first............

"If a circular wheel of radius 'r' rolls , then what is the distance that the centre of the circle traverses in the linear direction i.e parallel to the ground in one particular rotation.........?"

The answer is easy na............. You would say 2(pie)r...........!!!!!!!

Now answer a question asked by me in the following case as defined......

Assume a small circular wheel of radius 'r' is fixed centre to centre to a large circular circular wheel of radius 'R'. Now we rotate the larger wheel on the ground by one complete rotation. Thus also the smaller wheel that is fixed to it will turn by one rotation.
But in one rotation the smaller wheel should move by a distance of 2(pie)r
And in one rotation the larger wheel should move by a distance of 2(pie)R

AND >>>>>>>>> 2(pie)r IS NOT EQUAL TO 2(pie)R then how can the both wheels remain fixed together and turn by one rotation. They should have separated out in the way but it does not happen so. Then is our formula for distance
[2(pie)*radius of circle] WRONG......??????

What is actually happening......???
Solve it and reply back.............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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thevyzz
thevyzz is offline comment by thevyzz    (posted on 2 Jun 2007 17:08:47 IST)
the smaller wheel isn't in contact with the ground and the effective radius of rotation = R
so distance travelled = 2 pi R and not 2 pi r

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debabratanag99 is offline comment by debabratanag99    (posted on 2 Jun 2007 17:40:16 IST)
So what if the smaller wheel is not in contact with the ground..............
Even if a wheel traverses one revolution in mid air then also it traverses 2(pie)r
catch_arnnie is offline comment by catch_arnnie    (posted on 2 Jun 2007 17:56:15 IST)
the distace travesed by smaller wheel is not (2 pie r), is (2 pie R), so you can't write it like that.
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thevyzz is offline comment by thevyzz    (posted on 2 Jun 2007 19:51:49 IST)
i mean that the effective radius of rotation for the small wheel is R and not r
namangu
namangu is offline comment by namangu    (posted on 2 Jun 2007 21:37:14 IST)
the point of contact of smaller wheel is not atall momentarily at rest at the time of rotation and will move a relative distance of 2pi(R-r) when the smaller wheel moves a dis. of 2pir adding both the distances the distance covered will be 2piR
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