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2 years ago

Is an object moving in a circle at a constant speed accelerating?

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hichkok12 [17]2 years ago

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Answer:

yes.

Accelerating objects are objects which are changing their velocity - either the speed (i.e., magnitude of the velocity vector) or the direction. An object undergoing uniform circular motion is moving with a constant speed.

Explanation:

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u is the initial velocity

t = 1 s is the time interval

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(c) -9.8 m/s

The change in velocity during the 1-s interval is given by

$\Delta v = v -u$

where

v = 0 is the final velocity (at the highest point)

u = 9.8 m/s is the initial velocity

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