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Unit 4: Uniform circular motion and gravitation
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How does the spin cycle on your clothes dryer get most of the water out? What causes planets to orbit in a circular motion? The answer to these questions lies in the forces behind circular motion. Dive into a vortex of centripetal force, centripetal acceleration, and Newton's law of gravitation.