What is the acceleration and average speed of a car in circular motion?

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A car initially traveling eastward turns north by traveling in a circular path at uniform speed as in the figure below. The length of the arc ABC is 265 m, and the car completes the turn in 32.0 s.
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(a) What is the acceleration when the car is at B located at an angle of 35.0°? Express your answer in terms of the unit vectors i hat and j hat .

(b) Determine the car's average speed.


m/s

(c) Determine its average acceleration during the 32.0 s interval.
Equations

Ac=v^2/r
 
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