Coin rolling around a coin
A small coin of radius 1 rolls without slipping all the way around the outside of a fixed coin of radius 3, returning to its start. How many full rotations does the small coin make (relative to the ground)?
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- The small coin's center traces a circle of radius , not .
- Rotations .
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4
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