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You have a puck on a string, and you twirl the puck with uniform circular motion in a horizontal circle along virtually friction less ice. MA (a) What causes the centripetal acceleration of the puck? (b) How does doubling the radius of the circle and leaving the speed unchanged affect the centripetal acceleration? (c) How does doubling the speed and leaving the radius unchanged affect the centripetal acceleration?

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