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- A Discus Thrower Starting from rest, the thrower accelerates the discus to a final angular speed of +18.0 rad/s in a time of 0.280 s before releasing it. During the acceleration, the discus moves in a circular arc of radius 0.800 m. Find the magnitude of the total acceleration.
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