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Recall from last lecture: Simple Harmonic Motion

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Uniform circular motionDefinition: Uniform circular motion is the motion of an object travelling at aconstant (uniform) speed on a circular path.<strong>Motion</strong> of a model airplane, travelling at constant speed on a horizontalcircular path is an example of uniform circular motion.Period, T, is time required (in seconds) to travel once around thecircle, R is the radius of the circle, and v is the speed.T2πR=v

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