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Introduction to Radial & Tangential Acceleration

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A body moving in a circular path with constant speed is an accelerated motion. Why?

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Acceleration is a rate of change of velocity with respect to time.
In the circular motion, the speed of the body is constant but velocity changes continuously as it's direction changes.
Hence it is an accelerated motion.

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