Give an example of a body moving with uniform speed but having a variable velocity and an acceleration which remains constant in magnitude but changes in direction

CLASS - XI PHYSICS (Kinematics)

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A body in a uniform circular motion satisfies all your conditions.
A body in uniform circular motion has a constant speed, but the velocity varies as the direction of the velocity changes continuously. It has a centripetal acceleration acting on it whose magnitude remains constant but the direction which is radially inward, changes continuously.

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IF A BODY MOVES IN A CIRCULAR PATH, THEN IT HAS CONSTANT SPEED BUT DUE TO CONSTANT CHANGE IN DIRECTION, VELOCITY CHANGES AND THE MOTION IS ACCELERATED MOTION. FOR EXAMPLE, A BOY CYCLING IN A CIRCULAR PATH

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