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The orthogonal part makes it all go together though. Thank you.

Thank you. The issue is more visual to me than actually knowing the sides of the triangle though. Thanks.

Additionally, why does the square root of the two squares of acceleration equal the total. I'm not exactly sure how you would go about "Drawing a triangle" or anything like that.

Homework Statement I'm reviewing a chapter relating linear and angular kinematics, and I came across this equation.. why does it work and where does it come from? I can't seem to find anything in the textbook explaining it. Homework Equations a = sqrt( (tangential acceleration)2 +...