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Two circles paradox

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Both circles actually follow curtate cycloidal paths and depend upon an elliptic integral for their different path lengths.

 

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CurtateCycloid.html

 

There is no paradox, but thank you for the link that leads to some interesting and entertaining videos.

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