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Physics

Grade-10

Easy

Question

The velocity is always _______ to the line of a circle along which an object is moving.

Outwards
Towards the center
Tangential
Faster

Hint:

Velocity has both magnitude and direction as it is a vector quantity.

The correct answer is: Tangential

The velocity is always tangential because circular motion is a special case of curved motion. For any curved path the instantaneous velocity is in a direction tangent to the curve.

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