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A car is traveling at a constant speed of 30 km/hr in a circle of radius 200m. Which of the following is true about the acceleration of the car?
a) there is acceleration due to changing veloocity
b) it is zero since the velocity is constant
c) it is zero since the speed is constant
d) the acceleration is negligible due to the radius of the circle
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