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UKMT Pink Kangaroo, 2017

Geometry Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

A circle of radius 1 rolls along a straight line from the point $K$ to the point $L$ , where $KL = 11\pi$ . Which of the following pictures shows the correct appearance of the circle when it reaches $L$ ?

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