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CalculusSuperchallengeParametric, Polar and Vector-Valued Functions

Parametric, Polar and Vector-Valued Functions · Superchallenge problem

A wheel of radius 11 rolls along the xx-axis, and a point on its rim traces the cycloid x=t−sin⁡tx=t-\sin t, y=1−cos⁡ty=1-\cos t, starting on the ground at t=0t=0. At the moment when the point has travelled a total distance of 11 along its path, how high above the ground is it?