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Uniform Circular Motion
8. Centripetal Forces & Gravitation / Uniform Circular Motion / Problem 7

Consider a horse on a merry-go-round moving along a circular path in the vertical plane. The position is given by r=(5.0 m)cos[(2.0rad/s)t]i^+(5.0 m)sin[(2.0rad/s)t]j^\vec{r}=(5.0 \mathrm{~m}) \cos [(2.0 \mathrm{rad} / \mathrm{s}) t] \hat{i}+(5.0 \mathrm{~m}) \sin [(2.0 \mathrm{rad} / \mathrm{s}) t] \hat{j}, where r is in meters, and t is in seconds. Determine the horse's acceleration vector.

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