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% Distance, velocity and acceleration vectors % Author: Jason Waskiewicz \documentclass{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview} \PreviewEnvironment{tikzpicture} \setlength\PreviewBorder{5pt}% \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2,>=stealth] %Draw Circle radius 1 cm \draw (0,0) circle (1cm); %The foreach command counts the angle of the distance vectors and which distance vector \foreach \angle/\count in {20/1,140/2,260/3} { %Draws the 3 distance vectors \draw [name=distance vectors,very thick,->] ( 0,0) -- node[near start,fill=white] {$\vec{r}_{\count}$} (\angle:1cm); %Draws the 3 velocity vectors at right angles to the distance vectors \draw [name=velocity vectors,rotate around={90:(\angle:1cm)},very thick,->] (\angle:1cm) -- node[fill=white] {$\vec{v}_{\count}$} (\angle:1.6cm) ; %Draws the 3 acceleration vectors directed inward and offset slightly from the distance vectors \draw [name=acceleration vectors,very thick,->] (\angle+5:1cm) -- node[fill=white] {$\vec{a}_{\count}$} (\angle+15:0.3cm) ; } \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}
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