acceleration perpendicular

Question

if i have an acceleration vector that is perpendicular to the velocity vector how should i draw the parallel acceleration vector?

Answer 1

If the acceleration is parallel to the velocity vector. Then it should be perpendicular to the acceleration vector you mentioned in the beginning.

If you are talking about circular motion....

The perpendicular acceleration component to the velocity is known as the centripetal acceleration.

While the parallel component to the velocity is known as the tangential acceleration.

Use this image as a reference,

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/courses-images-archive-read-only/wp-content/uploads/sites/222/2014/12/20103410/Figure_11_01_03a.jpg

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