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Uniform Circular Motion

Jia-YinLess than 1 minutecomm

Suppose there is a particle moving at a constant speed on the circumference, rotating once per second, as shown in the figure below:

Now, let's sample the particle's motion ten times per second, which means we sample ten points for each revolution. Moreover, these ten points are evenly distributed around the circle, appearing sequentially in a counterclockwise direction around the circle, as shown in the following diagram:

If we only observe the results of the sampling, recording the time and position of these ten points, we might infer that the particle is rotating counterclockwise around the circle, completing one revolution per second, as illustrated below: