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Centripetal Acceleration for non uniform speed
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[QUOTE="Brian T, post: 4998060, member: 541143"] The formula applies to when you're at a single point on a circular path. For all the equation knows, you could be moving in a circle at that second and a second later you move off in a straight line. It deals with instantaneous conditions. However, under the assumption that the movement is uniform, we can apply it to the whole circular motion (hence the term uniform circular motion). At the point on the circle, it considers your instantaneous velocity and radius to determine the centripital pull, so it should still work. You will just get different values for v when you are at different points on your circle [/QUOTE]
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