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I write it without an arrow here.
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That's equal to ω^2 times a magnitude of this vector,
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which is just R.
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But now, I can also write it as v^2 over R.
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So, here, ready? This is a very important formula.
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I don't know how many kids, generation after generation,
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get in trouble because they do not remember the following fact.
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I'm going to say it once more with feeling.
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When a particle moves in a circle,
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it has an acceleration towards the center of this size, v^2 over R.
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Very simple.
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It comes from the fact that velocity is a vector