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A ball is rolled along the inside of a partial hoop lying flat on a table. which path will the ball follow when it gets to the end of the hoop?

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Once it leaves the circle, it'll continue in a straight line, in the direction it was moving when it left the circle.
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Explanation :

A ball is rolled along the inside of a partial hoop lying flat on a table. The ball will move in a straight path as shown in the attached figure.

The figure shows a semicircular hoop. When the ball reaches at the other end, it will move tangentially.

In a circular path, the object move with constant speed but the velocity changes at every instant.

So, the ball will move in a straight line when it reaches at the end of the hoop.

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