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Read each statement below carefully and state, with reasons, if it is true or false: (a) The net acceleration of a particle in a circular motion is always along the radius of the circle towards the centre. (b) The velocity vector of a particle at a point is always along the tangent to the path of the particle at that point.
CBSE | Class 11 | Motion in a Plane | NCERT | Physics
Read each statement below carefully and state, with reasons, if it is true or false: (a) The net acceleration of a particle in a circular motion is always along the radius of the circle towards the centre. (b) The velocity vector of a particle at a point is always along the tangent to the path of the particle at that point.

Answer :

(a) False
Only in the situation of uniform circular motion is the net acceleration of a particle in a circular motion directed along the radius of the circle toward the center.
(b) True
A particle appears to move tangentially to the circular path at a location on the path.
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