Octagon unrolling along a line

An octagon unrolling a line generates a cycloid. It's area is thrice the area of the octagon.

 

Georg Wengler

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
circle  cycloid  geometry  octagon  polygon 
Target Group (Age)
15 – 18
Language
English (United Kingdom)
 
 
GeoGebra version
4.0
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