An object moves clockwise in a horizontal circle and is slowing down
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Problem
An object moves clockwise in a horizontal circle and is slowing down. At the instant it passes the northernmost point of the circle, it is moving due east.
(a) State the direction of its centripetal acceleration component.
(b) State the direction of its tangential acceleration component.
Briefly justify each answer.