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Radial & Tangential Acceleration for Non Uniform Circular Motion

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For a body undergoing a constant tangential acceleration in a circular path, the instantaneous radial acceleration .

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increases

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decreases

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remains constant

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Solution

The correct option is A increases
For a body undergoing a constant tangential acceleration in a circular path, the instantaneous radial acceleration increases so as to keep the radius of curvature a constant.

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