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describe the relationship between the direction of the velocity vector and the direction of the acceleration for a body moving in a circle at coinstant speed

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Answer:

a = v²/r

Step-by-step explanation:

The acceleration of a body moving in a circular path is known as the centripetal acceleration. This is the acceleration of a body that keeps the body within the circular path. It is written in terms of the linear velocity v and the radius of the circle of rotation as shown;

a = v²/r where

v is the linear velocity

r is the radius

a is the centripetal acceleration

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