Question

Julia is in a car with her father. The car is undergoing centripetal acceleration. What is happening to the car?

In your answer:

Define centripetal acceleration
Describe what is happening to the car

Answer 1

1. Centripetal acceleration is the rate of change of tangential velocity: = (17) Note: The direction of the centripital acceleration is always inwards along the radius vector of the circular motion.
2. The car is changing direction at a constant speed.

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