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A particle moving with uniform speed in a circular path maintains:
Constant velocity but varying acceleration.
Varying velocity and varying acceleration.
Constant velocity.
Constant acceleration.
To solve this problem, we need to understand the motion of a particle moving with uniform speed in a circular path.⢠When a particle moves in a circular path with uniform speed, its speed (magnitude of velocity) remains constant, but its direction changes continuously. This means the velocity is not constant because velocity is a vector quantity that depends on both magnitude and direction.⢠Since the direction of velocity is changing, the particle experiences an acceleration. This acceleration is called centripetal acceleration, which always points towards the center of the circle.⢠The magnitude of centripetal acceleration is given by where is the speed and is the radius of the circle.⢠Since the speed is constant, the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration is also constant. However, because the direction of the velocity vector is changing, the direction of the acceleration vector is also changing continuously.Therefore, the particle has varying velocity and varying acceleration.This corresponds to Option 2: Varying velocity and varying acceleration.
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