Recent content by quiksilver

Tangent is perpendicular to a point on a circle...a real life example like a satellite orbiting a planet. My problem is that I haven't learned about this yet, this is a pre-class question...so I was not thinking in circular motion I was stuck in linear thought so all of my situations weren't...

I have been struggling with this question for a little while now and after drawing pictures and such I just cannot think of a situation in which this is possible. I was wondering if somebody with a little bit more physics knowledge could enlighten me :rolleyes: ? Here it is: "Describe a...