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A person walks radially inward on a platform that is rotating counterclockwise about its center. Knowing that the platform has a constant angular velocity ω and the person walks with a constant speed u relative to the platform, what is the direction of the acceleration of the person at the instant shown?
a. Negative x
b. Negative y
c. Negative x and positive y
d. Positive x and positive y
e. Negative x and negative y
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