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Given the while rounding a constant radius curve, an automobile slows down.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The car is slowing down, therefore tangential acceleration is pointing in the opposite direction of velocity  .

The radial (centripetal) acceleration points in the direction of the circle's centre, and the total acceleration is .

 

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