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Grade 12th pass9 grade science

Define centripetal acceleration.

Profile image of Harshit Singh
4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Yash Patari
4 Years ago
Dear student
centripetal acceleration, the acceleration of a body traversing a circular path. Because velocity is a vector quantity (that is, it has both a magnitude, the speed, and a direction), when a body travels on a circular path, its direction constantly changes and thus its velocity changes, producing an acceleration.
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