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Why are tires always circular?

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A circle is the form where all points have the same distance from the center.

Imagine some other form for the tyre - for example, a hexagon. To move a car (or waggon) with such tyres, the center of mass of the car would have to go up and down all the time, since in a hexagon, NOT all points are at the same distance from the center. Raising the center of mass would require a certain amount of energy; when the car falls back down (to the next side of the hexagonal wheel), part of this energy would be lost.

A circle is the form where all points have the same distance from the center.

Imagine some other form for the tyre - for example, a hexagon. To move a car (or waggon) with such tyres, the center of mass of the car would have to go up and down all the time, since in a hexagon, NOT all points are at the same distance from the center. Raising the center of mass would require a certain amount of energy; when the car falls back down (to the next side of the hexagonal wheel), part of this energy would be lost.

A circle is the form where all points have the same distance from the center.

Imagine some other form for the tyre - for example, a hexagon. To move a car (or waggon) with such tyres, the center of mass of the car would have to go up and down all the time, since in a hexagon, NOT all points are at the same distance from the center. Raising the center of mass would require a certain amount of energy; when the car falls back down (to the next side of the hexagonal wheel), part of this energy would be lost.

A circle is the form where all points have the same distance from the center.

Imagine some other form for the tyre - for example, a hexagon. To move a car (or waggon) with such tyres, the center of mass of the car would have to go up and down all the time, since in a hexagon, NOT all points are at the same distance from the center. Raising the center of mass would require a certain amount of energy; when the car falls back down (to the next side of the hexagonal wheel), part of this energy would be lost.

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A circle is the form where all points have the same distance from the center.

Imagine some other form for the tyre - for example, a hexagon. To move a car (or waggon) with such tyres, the center of mass of the car would have to go up and down all the time, since in a hexagon, NOT all points are at the same distance from the center. Raising the center of mass would require a certain amount of energy; when the car falls back down (to the next side of the hexagonal wheel), part of this energy would be lost.

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