We know it's going around in a circle because if I find the length of this vector, which is the x-square part, plus the y-square part, I just get r square at all times, because sine square plus cosine square is one.

我们之所以知道它做圆周运动,是因为我求出了这个矢量的模长,也就是 x 的平方加上 y 的平方,我就得到了它在任意时刻的模长平方,因为正弦平方加余弦平方始终等于1

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