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Grade 12th PassMechanics

How to decide direction of angular velocity??? Is it always perpendicular v? Answer carefully...pls

Profile image of Aditi Bhatnagar
14 Years agoGrade 12th Pass
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
14 Years ago

v=w(x)r, where (x) is vector cross product

Profile image of Sanandanan M
14 Years ago

it is always perpendicular to linear velocity...its direction is axial..into the plane of paper if clockwise and out of the plane of paper if anticlockwise..linear velocity changes its direction always, but its along the plane of paper always...