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Show that the direction of velocity is tangent to the path at a point of interest when a body is in uniform circular motion.

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1) Carefully whirl a small object on the end of the string in the horizontal plane.
2) Release the object while it is whirling on the string.
3) We observe that the body along the tangent at the point where we released the body.
Try to release the object at different points on the circle and observe the direction of motion of object after it has been released form the string.
5) We will notice that the object moves on a straight line along the tangent to the circle at the point where we released it.
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