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Question
Describe completely the locus of a point in the following case:
Centre of a ball, rolling along a straight line on a level floor.
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Solution
The locus of the center of a ball rolling along a straight line on a level floor will be a straight line parallel to the floor at a distance equal to the radius of the ball.
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