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Uniform Circular Motion

OCR A-level PhysicsCircular MotionLesson 1 of 9

If an object is rotating at a steady rate, it has uniform circular motion. A point on the perimeter of the object will travel the distance of the circumference 2πr. Since speed is distance/time, the speed v = 2πr/T where T is the time period of one rotation.

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