What formulas are available for writing a moving objects

Chapter 12, Problem 12

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What formulas are available for writing a moving object's accel-eration as a sum of its tangential and normal components? Give an example. Why might one want to write the acceleration this way? What if the object moves at a constant speed? At a constant speed around a circle?       

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QUESTION:

What formulas are available for writing a moving object's accel-eration as a sum of its tangential and normal components? Give an example. Why might one want to write the acceleration this way? What if the object moves at a constant speed? At a constant speed around a circle?       

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Problem 12

What formulas are available for writing a moving object's accel-eration as a sum of its tangential and normal components? Give an example. Why might one want to write the acceleration this way? What if the object moves at a constant speed? At a constant speed around a circle?

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The vector of the acceleration is given as a change of the velocity vector and it can be split onto tangential and normal components

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