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27. Find the acceleration of a particle moving with a con-

stant speed of 8 m/s in a circle 2 m in radius.​

User Dosdos
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Answer:

32 m/s²

Step-by-step explanation:

Centripetal acceleration is:

a = v² / r

Given v = 8 m/s and r = 2 m:

a = (8 m/s)² / (2 m)

a = 32 m/s²

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