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explain why you are always accelerating when you ride a merry go round even though the speed of the merry go round does not change?
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explain why you are always accelerating when you ride a merry go round even though the speed of the merry go round does not change?

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Because you are constantly changing direction it means there is a constant force acting on you and that means you are accelerating.
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