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Question
A particle moves in a circular path with a uniform speed. Its motion is
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periodic
oscillatory
simple harmonic
angular simple harmonic
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Solution
periodic
Because the particle covers one rotation after a fixed interval of time but does not oscillate around a mean position.
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