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The net torce on an object moving with constant speed in circular motion is in which direction?

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aleksley [76]3 years ago

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The correct answer is C) towards the center of the circle.

Although the object is moving at a constant speed it is constantly accelerating due to the constant change in direction as it describes the circular path. This causes a constant change in velocity as velocity is a vector quantity.

For the object to maintain the circular path there has to be centripetal force acting on the object and this centripetal force is directed towards the center of the circle.

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if we define the right as the positive x-axis, and knowing that the current flows to the right, we can write:

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And the field will be some random vector that can't be parallel to the current because in that case, we do not have any force.

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The pitcher and the ball are initially at rest, therefore, the total initial momentum of the system is zero.

Since no external forces act on the system comprising of pitcher and the ball, the total final momentum of the system is also equal to zero.

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$v_p=-\frac{m_b}{m_p} v_p$

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