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An equilateral triangle rotates around regular polygons and produces an outline like a flower. What are the perimeters of the different flowers?
Make an accurate diagram of the solar system and explore the concept of a grand conjunction.
Have you got the Mach knack? Discover the mathematics behind exceeding the sound barrier.
From the information you are asked to work out where the picture was taken. Is there too much information? How accurate can your answer be?
A cheap and simple toy with lots of mathematics. Can you interpret the images that are produced? Can you predict the pattern that will be produced using different wheels?
Points off a rolling wheel make traces. What makes those traces have symmetry?
A circular plate rolls inside a rectangular tray making five circuits and rotating about its centre seven times. Find the dimensions of the tray.
We have four rods of equal lengths hinged at their endpoints to form a rhombus ABCD. Keeping AB fixed we allow CD to take all possible positions in the plane. What is the locus (or path) of the point D?
A triangle PQR, right angled at P, slides on a horizontal floor with Q and R in contact with perpendicular walls. What is the locus of P?
P is a point on the circumference of a circle radius r which rolls, without slipping, inside a circle of radius 2r. What is the locus of P?