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Find a parametrization for a cycloid, the curve traced by a point on the circumference of...

Find a parametrization for a cycloid, the curve traced by a point on the circumference of a circle as it rolls along a straight line. (Hint: See Figure 1. Let the parameter be t, the angle through which the circle has rotated.)

Figure 1

A cycloid is generated by a point P on a circle that rolls along a straight line

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