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The angular acceleration of a body, moving along the circumference of a circle, is

Asked in NEET 2023 · Relation between linear and angular motion

Answer: (3) Along the axis of rotation

Step-by-step solution

Idea: angular velocity ω⃗ is an axial vector; it lies along the axis of rotation with the sense given by the right-hand rule.

Angular acceleration is α⃗=(dω⃗)/(dt).

For a body turning in a fixed plane the axis does not move, so (dω⃗)/(dt) points along that same axis.

Hence α⃗ lies along the axis of rotation.

Why the other options are wrong

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