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Grade 11Mechanics

A particle is moving around a circular path with uniform angular speed (omega) . The radius of the circular path is (r) . What is the acceleration of the particle ?

Profile image of Kanisha Kansara
7 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Himanshu Rathour
7 Years ago
  • Any particle performing circular motion has 2 types of acceleration 
  • Centripetal acceleration 
  • Tangential acceleration
Here as angular speed is constant hence tangential acceleration =0
Centripetal acceleration =w²r