A car is traveling clockwise around a circular racetrack of radius 1440m. When the car is at the northernmost point of the circl

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A car is traveling clockwise around a circular racetrack of radius 1440m. When the car is at the northernmost point of the circl

e, it has a speed of 36 m/s and is slowing down at a rate of 1.2m/s^2. What is the direction of the velocity the car has?

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JulijaS [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-07T13:52:09+03:00

Answer:

East

Explanation:

In circular motion, the velocity of the object will always be tangential to the radius of the circle. In this case, since the car is at the northernmost point of the circular track, then it must be moving right or towards the east, no matter what the acceleration might be at that very moment or what the radius of the track is. If it's moving clockwise, then it moves right (towards the east).