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Chapter 9 Problem 3DQ

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Problem 3DQ

What is the difference between tangential and radial acceleration for a point on a rotating body?

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Solution  3DQ

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For a body performing uniform circular motion, the centripetal force acts on it. Due to which it has the centripetal acceleration or the radial acceleration is the rate of change of tangential velocity as in figure below

centripetal a.jpg

When an object moves in a circle with uniform speed, it has a centripetal acceleration , directed toward the center. This centripetal acceleration is directed along a radius so it may also be called the radial acceleration.

The expression for the centripetal acceleration() ,

                                 =

 Where v are the tangential velocity of the object and r is the radius.

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Title Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics 13 
Author Hugh D. Young; Roger A. Freedman; A. Lewis Ford
ISBN 9780321696861

Solved: What is the difference between tangential and

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