A hawk flies at 12.0 m/s in a horizontal circle of radius 12.0 m.Now suppose it flaps its wings harder and increases its circular speed at the rate of 1.20 m/s2 while staying in the same circular path. What is the magnitude of its acceleration, and in what direction is the acceleration vector?

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Answer: Magnitude of its acceleration. |a| = 12.06 m/s^2 Direction theta = 84.3° Here is the detail…

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A hawk flies at 12.0 m/s in a horizontal circle of radius 12.0 m.

Now suppose it flaps its wings harder and increases its circular speed at the rate of 1.20 m/s²while staying in the same circular path. What is the magnitude of its acceleration, and in what direction is the acceleration vector?

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Could you provide a diagram and explanation of why the arctan of Ac/At gives the direction of the acceleration vector? I'd like to understand. I'm assuming that the angle is in reference to the axis of the radius. Thank you.

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