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Why does $\vec{a}=\vec{\omega}\times \vec{r}$ as well as the velocity does?

Today I came in class and in one of the problems the teacher used $\vec{a}=\vec{\omega}\times \vec{r}$ which made me very confused because I don't know where it comes from, it seems pulled out of thin ...
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What is the real difference between radial and tangential acceleration?

So in my physics coursebook there are two different kinds of derivation of $\frac{dv}{dt}$ of a particle rotating in a circle. Most of you will know these, they are what is called centripetal/radial ...
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