Analytical question: circular rotation

[SAMAHIR]

Homework Statement

Circular Rotation

Relevant Equations

NO

Can a point P on the smaller wheel trace a straight line
path inside the circular road (like the walls of a well)

 

[anuttarasammyak]

I do not catch what you mean. Do you mean what is illustrated in the lower figure of the attached I took from http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/tns_draft/index.html. ?