Is there any work done on a body in uniform circular motion? Justify your answer

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Is there any work done on a body in uniform circular motion? Justify your answer

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answered Oct 17, 2017 by sforrest072 (157,439 points) 60 409 933
selected Feb 16, 2018 by sanjeev
 
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If a body moves in uniform circular motion, the centripetal force ‘F’ acts along the radius towards the Centre and the displacement ‘s’ acts along the tangent to the circle. Thus, the angle between ‘F’ and‘s’ is 90°. 

Therefore, 

W = 0            [ ∵ Force is perpendicular to the displacement ] 

Since W= 0, no work is done by the body in uniform circular motion.

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