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Tangent to a Cycloid

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The cycloid is the locus of a point on a circle rolling along a straight line. This Demonstration illustrates a theorem proved by Descartes: the tangent to the cycloid at a point
B
is perpendicular to
AB
, where
A
is the point of contact of the circle and the line.
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