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Read each statement below carefully and state, with reasons, if it is true or false : (a) The net acceleration of a particle in circular motion is always along the radius of the circle towards the centre.
(b) The velocity vector of a particle at a point is always aling the tagent to the path of the partile at that point. ltbRgt (c ) The acceleration vector of a particle in uniform circular motion acraged over one cycle is a null vector.

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(a) False (true only for uniform circular motion)
(b) True , (c ) True.
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