Normal and tangential acceleration

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Homework Statement


why the normal acceleration is 6 rads^-1 ? It's not stated in the question , right?
Can someone explain more about normal acceleration? i couldn't understand it . I only know that when the rod is rotated , it has tangential acceleration

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werson tan said:

Homework Statement


why the normal acceleration is 6 rads^-1 ? It's not stated in the question , right?
Can someone explain more about normal acceleration? i couldn't understand it . I only know that when the rod is rotated , it has tangential acceleration
It's not stated in the question. But not in the solution either! Something has to keep G in a circular trajectory and that requires an acceleration ##\ \omega^2 r.\ \ \ ## That ##\,\omega## is given in the problem statement!

For the kinematics of rotational motion: this (only the comparison), that or any textbook ! Did I forget hyperphysics?
 
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