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When the circle rolls along another circle inside it, the curve is called a                      

A. epicycloid
B. cycloid
C. trochoid
D. hypocycloid
Answer» D. hypocycloid
Explanation: cycloid is a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a circle which rolls along a straight line. ‘epi’ represents the directing path is a circle. trochoid is a curve generated by a point fixed to a circle, within or outside its circumference, as the circle rolls along a straight line. ‘hypo’ represents the generating circle is inside the directing circle.
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