Question

A8.2. Along a dashed path on a rectangular plate, an ant is running with V = 30 mm/sand A = 20 mm/s?. The link is pinned at fixed point O

and begins rotating from rest with a = 0.45 rad/s² ccw Draw and report the total acceleration vector of the ant with respect to the fixed ground. The plate is 50 mm x 100 mm.

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