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The two types of acceleration

Question

The speed of a particle moving in a circle is increasing. The dot product of its acceleration and velocity is

Moderate

A

negative
B

zero
C

positive
D

may be positive or negative

Solution

Speed of particle is increasing due to tangential component of acceleration. Hence, dot product of a and v is positive.

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