Consider a car that moves in a circular track with chaning speed. Compare the direction of the car's velocity and acceleration vectors. A. Both vectors point in the same direction. B. The vectors point in opposite directions. C. The vectors are perpendicular. D. The question is meaningless, since the acceleration is zero. E. None of the above.

Consider a car that moves in a circular track with chaning speed. Compare the direction of the car's velocity and acceleration vectors. A. Both vectors point in the same direction. B. The vectors point in opposite directions. C. The vectors are perpendicular. D. The question is meaningless, since the acceleration is zero. E. None of the above.

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Chapter3: Two-dimensional Kinematics

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