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Imagine you are holding a small ball below you so that you look down on its ""North Pole."" Turn the ball in a counterclockwise direction. Continue to turn it in that direction as you slowly raise it above your head so that you are looking up at its ""South Pole."" In what direction is it rotating now?

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Clockwise

Step-by-step explanation:

What we consider as clockwise and counterclockwise depends on the perspective of the observer. If by one perspective it is rotating in a clockwise direction then from the opposite perspective it will appear to have a counterclockwise rotation.

Here, the north pole of the ball is being rotated in the counterclockwise direction which means from from the top to the left. So, when the ball is being looked at from the south pole the rotation will be from the the top to the right which is known as clockwise direction.

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