A car travels counterclockwise around a flat circle of radius 0.25 km at a constant speed of 20 m/s. When the car is at point A as shown in the figure, what is the car's acceleration?





a.

1.6 m/s2, south



b.

Zero



c.

1.6 m/s2, east



d.

1.6 m/s2, north



e.

1.6 m/s2, west


e

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