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Take a piece of thread and tie a small place of stone at one of its ends. Hold the other end of the thread and move the stone to describe a circular path with constant speed. A stone describing a circular path with a velocity of constant magnitude Now, release the thread. Can you tell the direction in which the stone moves after it is released ?

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Solution :When the STONE is released, it moves along a straight LINE tangential to the circular path. By repeating the activity for a few times and RELEASING the stone at different positions of the circular path, CHECK whether the DIRECTION in which the stone moves remains the same or not.
Observation: When the stone is released, it moves along a straight line tangental to the circular path.


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