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Hero, thanks very much!

So the second term is angular velocity, so what kind of velocity is dr/d(theta)?

Homework Statement As part of my coursework I've had to show that kinetic energy can be written in a certain way. As a cheat I used this as a starting point and worked my way back to the following equation Kinetic energy = \frac{1}{2}m\dot{r^{2}} + \frac{1}{2}mr^{2}\dot{\theta}^{2} r dot is...