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Terminology for Week 3


Dynamics University Physics pg. 31
the relationship of motion to the forces that cause it

instantaneous acceleration (radial) University Physics pg. 64
a=v2/R where R is the radius of the circle and the direction of the instantaneous acceleration, a, is perpendicular to the velocity, v, and inward along the radius


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