Animation, Roses and Radian

Click the Play button located at the lower-left corner of the GeoGebra applet and watch the applet for a while.

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1.)Pause the animation and refresh your browser. Click the Play button again. Click stop when Point C and point B' coincide. ?

2.) How many degrees has B' rotated the first time point B' and C coincide? Refresh the browser and repeat if necessary.

3.)How many petals are formed during the entire rotation of point B' along the circumference of the circle?

4.) Refresh your web browser and complete the petal. Count the number of rotations. What is the relationship between the the number of rotations and the number of petals. Make interpretation about this relationship.